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Ecuador
Capital: Quito · 24 regions · 542 places
ECUS travel advisory: 2/4Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contains the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers west of the mainland. The country's capital is Quito, and the largest city is Guayaquil. Read more
When to go
Best places in Ecuador in October
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Celica
Loja · Ecuador
24° / 11° 17 mm Oct
i 87
La Libertad
Guayas · Ecuador
27° / 18° 2 mm Oct
i 87
Salinas
Santa Elena · Ecuador
27° / 18° 1 mm Oct
87
Santa Elena
Santa Elena · Ecuador
27° / 18° 2 mm Oct
i 86
Cariamanga
Loja · Ecuador
25° / 12° 45 mm Oct
85
Portoviejo
Manabí · Ecuador
29° / 19° 13 mm Oct
85
Manta
Manabí · Ecuador
29° / 19° 4 mm Oct
i 85
General Villamil
Guayas · Ecuador
28° / 18° 4 mm Oct
Go score
When to go in Ecuador: month-by-month
Go score by month for the main destinations — green means great weather.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quito | 54 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 60 | 70 | 70 | 61 | 54 | 54 | 55 |
| Guayaquil | 41 | 40 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 61 |
| Cuenca | 70 | 66 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 68 | 68 | 75 | 72 |
| Santo Domingo de los Colorados | 60 | 54 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 63 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Ambato | 70 | 67 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 71 |
| Portoviejo | 66 | 65 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 82 |
| Durán | 41 | 40 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 61 |
| Machala | 71 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 85 | 79 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 77 | 83 | 86 |
| Loja | 64 | 62 | 61 | 65 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 75 | 78 | 71 |
| Manta | 72 | 71 | 71 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
| Riobamba | 72 | 67 | 61 | 59 | 63 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 74 |
| Ibarra | 71 | 69 | 66 | 61 | 68 | 74 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 68 | 66 | 72 |
| Esmeraldas | 62 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 74 |
| Quevedo | 42 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 59 | 74 | 71 | 62 | 60 | 59 | 44 |
Water temperature
Sea temperature along the coast of Ecuador
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° |
| Muisne | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° |
| Pedernales | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° |
| Manta | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| El Guabo | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° |
| Balao | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° |
| General Villamil | 26° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° |
| La Libertad | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° |
| Salinas | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° |
| Santa Elena | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° |
All holiday types
All holiday types More ways to travel in Ecuador
Tourist density
Tourism in Ecuador
How many visitors come, how concentrated tourism is, and when the country is busiest.
International visitors a year
2.11M
2019
World rank by arrivals
#99
Visitors per resident
0.12
Visitors per km²
7.4
Most popular destinations in Ecuador
Practical
Ecuador: practical information
Plugs, money, emergency numbers, safety and typical prices — everything to know before you go.
Power plugs
AB
- Voltage
- 120 V · 60 Hz
- Driving
- Drive on the right
Currency
US Dollar
USD · $
- Languages
- Spanish
- Calling code
- +593
Emergency numbers
- Emergency911
Safety & travel advice
2
Exercise increased cautionUS travel advisory
Advises against all but essential travel to parts of the countryUK travel advice · Oct 2, 2026
Typical prices
- Meal, casual restaurant$11.00
- Cappuccino$2.70
- Beer (0.5 l)$3.90
- Bottled water (1.5 l)$1.20
- Taxi, 5 km$7.40
- Public transport ticket$1.40
- Mid-range hotel, per night$93.00
Estimated from Ecuador’s consumer price level — real prices vary by place and season. Prices are about 44% of US levels.
Upcoming public holidays
- Nov 2All Souls' Day
- Nov 3Independence of Cuenca
- Dec 25Christmas Day
- Jan 1New Year's Day
- Feb 8Carnival
- Feb 9Carnival
Regions of Ecuador
24- Guayas42 · 3.82M
- Pichincha33 · 2.88M
- Manabí52 · 816.8K
- Azuay18 · 664.8K
- El Oro43 · 529K
- Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas9 · 458.6K
- Los Ríos24 · 435.6K
- Tungurahua Province24 · 420.8K
- Loja40 · 338.9K
- Esmeraldas46 · 307K
- Chimborazo Province37 · 291K
- Imbabura27 · 286.6K
- Cotopaxi19 · 252.9K
- Carchi15 · 105K
- Santa Elena3 · 86.1K
- Canar11 · 81.1K
- Orellana Province8 · 69.1K
- Morona-Santiago Province18 · 42.2K
- Bolívar18 · 34.8K
- Zamora Chinchipe17 · 25.2K
- Pastaza Province9 · 24.9K
- Napo9 · 24.5K
- Sucumbíos17 · 24.2K
- Galápagos3 · 22.2K
Largest cities in Ecuador
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Quito
Pichincha · Ecuador
19° / 7° 110 mm Oct
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Guayaquil
Guayas · Ecuador
29° / 20° 4 mm Oct
i 68
Cuenca
Azuay · Ecuador
21° / 8° 74 mm Oct
60
Santo Domingo de los Colorados
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas · Ecuador
26° / 18° 70 mm Oct
68
Ambato
Tungurahua Province · Ecuador
21° / 9° 55 mm Oct
85
Portoviejo
Manabí · Ecuador
29° / 19° 13 mm Oct
70
Durán
Guayas · Ecuador
29° / 20° 4 mm Oct
77
Machala
El Oro · Ecuador
29° / 20° 14 mm Oct
UNESCO
World Heritage sites in Ecuador
Main airports
- ESMCarlos Concha Torres International AirportTachina
- SNCGeneral Ulpiano Paez International AirportSalinas/La Libertad
- GYEJosé Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil
- UIOMariscal Sucre International AirportQuito
- XMSCoronel E Carvajal AirportMacas
- LTXCotopaxi International AirportLatacunga
- MECEloy Alfaro International AirportManta
- OCCFrancisco De Orellana AirportCoca
- TUALieutenant Colonel Luis A. Mantilla International AirportTulcán
- CUEMariscal Lamar AirportCuenca
Colombia
Peru