Guayaquil weather by month
The best time to visit Guayaquil is July, August and November — 81/100 in August, 30°C and 12 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, June to December (74/100 on average).
The worst month is March at 41/100 — sweltering, soaked, clean air. See March →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: June to December (74/100 on average) · worst March (41/100)
- Days
- 30°C
- Nights
- 21°C
- Wet days
- 12
- Sun
- 9.6 h
- Humidity
- 80%
- Daylight
- 12 h
Guayaquil, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Guayaquil is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Guayaquil through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- January
- Rainy season street flooding1 Jan – 30 Apr (usually)Hazard
- February
- Carnaval16–17 FebHoliday
- March
- Procesión del Cristo del Consuelo3 AprFestival
- June
- Garúa season1 Jun – 30 Nov (usually)Season
- July
- Fiestas Julianas22–28 JulHoliday
- October
- Fiestas Octubrinas1–12 OctHoliday
- November
- Day of the Dead long weekend1–4 Nov (usually)Holiday
- December
- Año Viejo effigies1–31 Dec (usually)Festival
Crowds in Guayaquil in August
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Busyone of its best months for weather(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Guayaquil
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
Safety
A traveler's honest, mixed account of Guayaquil concludes the city is safe enough for visitors who stick to the right areas: the Malecón 2000 riverfront, Las Peñas, Puerto Santa Ana, and Urdesa all have visible security and a steady tourist presence. Their clear advice, though, is to skip public buses entirely, since even US embassy staff are barred from using them, and instead use Uber or have your hotel call a taxi for anything outside the main tourist corridor.
Traveller notes on Guayaquil
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe February as squarely within Guayaquil's hot, humid rainy season, part of the January-through-April coastal window locals call the 'temporada' - posters are direct that when it rains here, it genuinely pours rather than drizzling, though showers tend to be quick rather than sustained all day. Posters consistently describe this same period as beach season, with warm, sunny stretches between showers drawing visitors to coastal spots about an hour from the city. Posters generally describe Guayaquil as pleasantly warm and tropical-feeling year-round for those who enjoy that climate, with February specifically running hot and very humid. Posters generally rate February as a good beach-season month for the Guayaquil area, provided visitors accept intense, quick-hitting rain as part of the deal.
Forum posters describe August as part of Ecuador's coastal 'garua' season - noticeably cooler and greyer than the January-April beach-weather peak, with cool air and water that posters call genuinely too cold for casual pool or ocean swimming; one visitor mentioned their kids skipped the hotel pool entirely because of it. The clear upside for August specifically: it's prime humpback whale season, with operators in nearby Puerto Lopez running day trips to Isla de la Plata to see them. Posters are candid that Guayaquil itself only holds about a day or two of sightseeing, so it functions more as a gateway - to the Galapagos, or to coastal whale-watching towns - than a standalone destination.
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