GreenlyLast and first frost dates in Ambato
Ecuador
Ambato had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none in ten years |
Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.
There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
When the soil warms up in Ambato
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of July |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of July |
| 15 °C | 15 October |
| 18 °C | 7 November |
Frost dates near Ambato
| City | Distance | Last spring frost | First autumn frost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latacunga | 36 km | 5 August | — |
| Riobamba | 47 km | — | — |
| Quevedo | 97 km | — | — |
| Quito | 120 km | — | — |
| Santo Domingo (Ecuador) | 127 km | — | — |
Seeds, seedlings and markets in Ambato
Within 15 km of Ambato OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 30 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercado de Flores, 1 km away.
- Mercado de Flores — market
12 de Noviembre · 1 km - Mercado Municipal de Cevallos — market
Juan Elias Bucheli, Cevallos · Thu, Sun 06:00–17:00 · 12 km - Concha Acustica — market
Eugenio Espejo, Quero · 14 km - CENTRO DE COMERCIALIZACIÓN DE PRODUCTOS AGRICOLAS — market
Av. 17 de Abril, Quero · 15 km
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Ambato: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Ambato by month
Average weather in Ambato over 2016–2025: the warmest month is November. No month averages 20 °C by day; the warmest, November, reaches 17.7 °C. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 8.1 °C. About 1442 mm of rain falls in a year, on 264 days; January is the wettest month (154 mm) and September the driest (60 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.9 | 9.7 | 154 | 26 |
| February | 17.3 | 10 | 131 | 24 |
| March | 17.3 | 10.1 | 131 | 24 |
| April | 17 | 9.9 | 115 | 23 |
| May | 16.5 | 9.7 | 122 | 23 |
| June | 15.5 | 9 | 144 | 22 |
| July | 14.7 | 8.4 | 138 | 24 |
| August | 15.6 | 8.1 | 84 | 18 |
| September | 16.5 | 8.3 | 60 | 15 |
| October | 17.2 | 9.3 | 100 | 18 |
| November | 17.7 | 10 | 115 | 21 |
| December | 17.3 | 9.6 | 148 | 26 |
Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).
