GreenlyLast and first frost dates in Riobamba
Ecuador
Riobamba 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 Riobamba
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 | 2 October |
| 18 °C | 7 September |
Frost dates near Riobamba
Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Latacunga (5 August) and latest in Cuenca (9 December).
Seeds, seedlings and markets in Riobamba
Within 15 km of Riobamba OpenStreetMap lists 12 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercado San Alfonso, 0 km away.
- Mercado San Alfonso — market
Mon–Fri 08:30–20:00 · 0 km - MERCADO SANTA ROSA — market
Vicente Rocafuerte, EC0601 Riobamba · 1 km - Mercado de San Francisco — market
Primera Constituyente, 060104 Riobamba · 1 km - mercado la esperanza — market
Juan de Dios Martinez, Riobamba · 2 km
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Riobamba: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Riobamba by month
Average weather in Riobamba over 2016–2025: the warmest month is November. No month averages 20 °C by day; the warmest, November, reaches 15.9 °C. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 4.8 °C. About 1075 mm of rain falls in a year, on 198 days; March is the wettest month (168 mm) and August the driest (35 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15 | 6.3 | 107 | 19 |
| February | 15.4 | 6.9 | 117 | 19 |
| March | 15.1 | 6.9 | 168 | 23 |
| April | 14.6 | 6.8 | 131 | 20 |
| May | 14.1 | 6.7 | 81 | 18 |
| June | 13.2 | 5.8 | 67 | 15 |
| July | 12.7 | 5.2 | 54 | 13 |
| August | 14 | 4.8 | 35 | 10 |
| September | 15.1 | 5.3 | 39 | 10 |
| October | 15.5 | 6.2 | 97 | 17 |
| November | 15.9 | 6.6 | 89 | 17 |
| December | 15.5 | 6.5 | 90 | 17 |
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).
