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Last and first frost dates in Portoviejo

Ecuador

Portoviejo had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone 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 Portoviejo

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of July
10 °Calready in the first week of July
15 °Calready in the first week of July
18 °Calready in the first week of July

Frost dates near Portoviejo

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Manta32 km——
Quevedo110 km——
Guayaquil137 km——
Santo Domingo (Ecuador)168 km——
Latacunga204 km5 August—

Weather in Portoviejo by month

Average weather in Portoviejo over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (27.7–28.8 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 19.6 °C. About 1083 mm of rain falls in a year, on 147 days; February is the wettest month (269 mm) and September the driest (7 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January28.521.615522
February28.321.926926
March28.621.924525
April28.821.716621
May28.321.59317
June27.720.7389
July2820.1195
August28.319.6102
September28.319.672
October28.119.8134
November28.319.7164
December28.520.65210

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).