Guayaquil weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇨 Ecuador · major city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Guayaquil is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 70/100), with April close behind. Guayaquil averages about 1,184 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 33°C / 91°F and roughly 38 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,184
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 70/100
- Rain / year
- 770 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 2.7M
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Guayaquil?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Guayaquil is May, then April. The dullest month is January (50/100, 123 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Guayaquil?
Guayaquil isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,184 hours of sunshine a year. May (70/100) is noticeably better than January (50). It ranks #12 of 14 destinations in Ecuador for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,353 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 72% of the year's 770 mm falls in the three months around March.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 123 mm | 7 |
| February | 58 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 215 mm | 7 |
| March | 58 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 212 mm | 8 |
| April | 62 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 126 mm | 8 |
| May | 70 | 33° / 91°F | 22° / 72°F | 38 mm | 7 |
| June | 58 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 10 mm | 6 |
| July | 51 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 3 mm | 6 |
| August | 51 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 3 mm | 6 |
| September | 51 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| October | 59 | 35° / 95°F | 20° / 68°F | 6 mm | 7 |
| November | 59 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 8 mm | 8 |
| December | 56 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 24 mm | 7 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Tumbes Peru · 165 km · best in Aug · 2,148 h sun/yr
- Quito Ecuador · 283 km · best in Sep · 1,338 h sun/yr
- Piura Peru · 349 km · best in Jun · 2,749 h sun/yr
- Pasto Colombia · 489 km · best in Aug · 1,367 h sun/yr
- Chiclayo Peru · 515 km · best in Jun · 2,389 h sun/yr
- Cajamarca Peru · 575 km · best in Jun · 2,412 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Salinas/La Libertad Ecuador · 123 km · 2,016 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Cuenca Ecuador · 129 km · 1,236 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Manta Ecuador · 161 km · 1,489 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Macas Ecuador · 196 km · 1,236 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Latacunga Ecuador · 198 km · 1,338 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Guayaquil compares month by month: Guayaquil vs Quito · Guayaquil vs Piura · Guayaquil vs Tumbes · all comparisons
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