Portoviejo
City in Ecuador: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Collage Portoviejo: David C. S., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Portoviejo is a city in Ecuador, in Manabí. About 321,800 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Ecuador in our atlas.
It lies at 1.06° S, 80.45° W, about 90 m (295 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Guayaquil time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Portoviejo. Green dots: other major cities of Ecuador. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Portoviejo has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Sep at about 20°C (68°F). Around 573 mm (23 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
- Eloy Alfaro · 141 km
- Guayaquil · 141 km
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados · 167 km
- Ambato · 205 km
- Quito · 233 km
- Machala · 250 km
- Cuenca · 260 km
- Loja · 354 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3652941 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q990716 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Collage Portoviejo: David C. S., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)