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Quito in February

Mild and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Quito is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 7 minutes.February in Quito is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 7 minutes.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 100% of days
Daylight
12h 07mon average

Is February a good time to visit Quito?

A good month, just outside Quito's best months, which run from July to October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 64°F in February, against 64°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in February, against 18°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

100% of days in February, against 94% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

84% cover in February, against 69% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

12h 07m in February, against 12h 06m to 12h 08m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January64°18°low 49°low 9°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. February64°18°low 49°low 9°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. March64°18°low 49°low 9°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Quito sits, in February

America/Guayaquil
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:25 AMsets 6:32 PM
Above the sea
2,820 mhigh country
Latitude
0.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mashpi Reserve59 km north-west

The land around Quito, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Ecuador in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Quito

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Quito. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,820 m) against the climate model's (2,982 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,820 m) against the climate model's (2,982 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.