Best time to visit Loja

The best time to visit Loja is June–September, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Loja, Loja, Ecuador

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  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January21.4 °C / 71 °F14.4 °C / 58 °F193 mm / 7.6 inneither best nor good
February21.6 °C / 71 °F14.4 °C / 58 °F208 mm / 8.2 inneither best nor good
March21.6 °C / 71 °F14.3 °C / 58 °F223 mm / 8.8 inneither best nor good
April21.8 °C / 71 °F14.2 °C / 58 °F159 mm / 6.3 ingood month
May21.7 °C / 71 °F14.1 °C / 57 °F91 mm / 3.6 ingood month
June21 °C / 70 °F13.4 °C / 56 °F58 mm / 2.3 inbest month
July20.7 °C / 69 °F12.7 °C / 55 °F40 mm / 1.6 inbest month
August21.7 °C / 71 °F13 °C / 55 °F28 mm / 1.1 inbest month
September22.8 °C / 73 °F13.8 °C / 57 °F31 mm / 1.2 inbest month
October22.6 °C / 73 °F14 °C / 57 °F99 mm / 3.9 ingood month
November22.2 °C / 72 °F14 °C / 57 °F139 mm / 5.5 ingood month
December21.7 °C / 71 °F14.3 °C / 58 °F163 mm / 6.4 ingood month
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: good
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: best
  8. AAugust: best
  9. SSeptember: best
  10. OOctober: good
  11. NNovember: good
  12. DDecember: good
Best
June–September
Good
April–May, October–December
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.1 °C / 74 °F, average daily high 21.8 °C / 71 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 80%, average daily low 14.2 °C / 58 °F.

    Against: wet days 22.4 days, precipitation 159 mm / 6.3 in, days with heavy rain 5.6 days, relative humidity 80%.

  • May · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 22.3 °C / 72 °F, average daily high 21.7 °C / 71 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, precipitation 91 mm / 3.6 in, days with heavy rain 2.2 days, average daily low 14.1 °C / 57 °F.

    Against: wet days 17.6 days, relative humidity 78%.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 20.6 °C / 69 °F, average daily high 21 °C / 70 °F, precipitation 58 mm / 2.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 89%, days with heavy rain 1.2 days, average daily low 13.4 °C / 56 °F, relative humidity 75%.

    Against: wet days 13.5 days.

  • July · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 19.7 °C / 67 °F, average daily high 20.7 °C / 69 °F, precipitation 40 mm / 1.6 in, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, days with heavy rain 0.7 days, average daily low 12.7 °C / 55 °F, wet days 10.3 days, relative humidity 72%.

  • August · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 20.7 °C / 69 °F, average daily high 21.7 °C / 71 °F, precipitation 28 mm / 1.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, wet days 7.3 days, average daily low 13 °C / 55 °F, relative humidity 67%.

  • September · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 22.1 °C / 72 °F, average daily high 22.8 °C / 73 °F, precipitation 31 mm / 1.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, wet days 8.4 days, average daily low 13.8 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 65%.

  • October · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.2 °C / 74 °F, average daily high 22.6 °C / 73 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 86%, precipitation 99 mm / 3.9 in, days with heavy rain 2.7 days, average daily low 14 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 72%.

    Against: wet days 17.9 days.

  • November · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.5 °C / 74 °F, average daily high 22.2 °C / 72 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 85%, average daily low 14 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 75%.

    Against: wet days 20.1 days, precipitation 139 mm / 5.5 in, days with heavy rain 4.8 days.

  • December · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23 °C / 73 °F, average daily high 21.7 °C / 71 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 84%, average daily low 14.3 °C / 58 °F.

    Against: wet days 22.4 days, precipitation 163 mm / 6.4 in, days with heavy rain 5.2 days, relative humidity 78%.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Portillo, 3342 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 22.8 °C23.3 °C23.3 °C23.1 °C22.3 °C20.6 °C19.7 °C20.7 °C22.1 °C23.2 °C23.5 °C23 °C
Days with heavy rain 6.7 days8.6 days8.4 days5.6 days2.2 days1.2 days0.7 days0.2 days0.1 days2.7 days4.8 days5.2 days
Time rain usually falls 3 pm3 pm3 pm3 pm3 pm2 pm2 pm2 pm3 pm3 pm3 pm3 pm
Sunshine per day 9.8 h9.3 h8.9 h9.6 h10.4 h10.6 h10.8 h11 h11.3 h10.6 h10.4 h10.4 h
Relative humidity 80%82%82%80%78%75%72%67%65%72%75%78%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20256.2 µg/m³5.7 µg/m³5.7 µg/m³6.5 µg/m³5.1 µg/m³5 µg/m³5.1 µg/m³6.5 µg/m³9 µg/m³6.4 µg/m³8.8 µg/m³7.3 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202510.3 µg/m³9.9 µg/m³9.9 µg/m³10.8 µg/m³9.9 µg/m³9.5 µg/m³9.5 µg/m³10.9 µg/m³14.4 µg/m³11 µg/m³14.9 µg/m³13 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).