Eloy Alfaro
City in Ecuador: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Collage Durán: David C. S., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Eloy Alfaro is a city in Ecuador, in Guayas. About 315,724 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Ecuador in our atlas.
It lies at 2.17° S, 79.84° W, about 3 m (10 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Guayaquil time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Eloy Alfaro. Green dots: other major cities of Ecuador. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Eloy Alfaro has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 20°C (67°F). Around 770 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in EcuadorNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Guayaquil · 6 km
- Machala · 122 km
- Cuenca · 123 km
- Portoviejo · 141 km
- Ambato · 170 km
- Loja · 214 km
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados · 225 km
- Quito · 260 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3658192 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1120810 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Collage Durán: David C. S., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)