CLIMATE OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF ECUADOR [10 YEAR CLIMATE GRAPHS]

Climate of the Pacific Coast of Ecuador

INFO ON WEATHER, RAINFALL, SEASONS & CLIMATE PACIFIC COAST ECUADOR Graphs: hours of sunshine, overcast, rainfall, temperatures, etc.

The northwest Pacific coast of Ecuador has a wet tropical seasonal climate, with a rainy season from May through December. Along the coast, annual rainfall quickly drops from North to South, as the climate transitions from the some of the wettest regions in the World, the Choco region in Colombia to the Peruvian desert coast. The reason why the South is desert dry is because the Humboldt current is a cold current from Antarctica, and as a result they carry little moisture. As winds have to rise up to the steep Andes Mountains, there is hardly any moisture in the air and rainfall is almost absent at lower elevations.

The Humboldt current turns west towards Galapagos, creating the same dry climate on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador as on the Galapagos Islands. North of Guayaquil predominates a warm current, whose humidity is forced down as rain, as the coastal air is forced up upon the Andean mountain chain.

So, from the coastal north to the In the coastal south, the climate becomes increasingly dryer. First the wet tropics turn to a climate similar to that of Africa, where the savannahs predominate. That means, a rainy season from January to April and a dry season with almost no rain from May through December. As one travels to the south, the climate gets dryer and dryer with semi-arid conditions in the extreme south.

Climatological Information for San Lorenzo, Ecuador

For detailed information on climate read:

• Climate of Cuenca, Ecuador;

• Climate Galapagos Islands in Ecuador;

• Climate in the Amazon of Ecuador;

• Climate of the Pacific coast; and

• Climate of Ecuador.