When is the best time to visit Ecuador?

Most guides agree on Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. Galápagos Islands: December to May (warm, calm seas), June to November (cooler, more wildlife activity). Quito: June to September (dry); the rest of the year rains most afternoons.

When is the rainy season in Ecuador?

No guide in Ecuador has a month above 250 mm; the wet months are wet, not under water.

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Best time to visit Ecuador

Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of Ecuador agrees on Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

Place	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	In words
Galápagos IslandsDecember to May (warm, calm seas), June to November (cooler, more wildlife activity)													December to May (warm, calm seas), June to November (cooler, more wildlife activity)
QuitoJune to September (dry); the rest of the year rains most afternoons													June to September (dry); the rest of the year rains most afternoons

best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.

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A Galápagos sea lion on a volcanic shore

Galápagos IslandsEcuadorAnimals that never learned to be afraid of people

The white walls and red roofs of Quito’s colonial old town from above

QuitoEcuadorThe best-preserved colonial centre in the Americas, at 2,850 metres, on the equator