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fiogf49gjkf0d ECUADOR LIES ON THE EQUATOR ON THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH
AMERICA. IT INCLUDES THREE DISTINCTIVE CLIMATIC REGIONS:
THAT OF THE COASTAL PLAIN, A MOUNTAINOUS CENTRAL REGION,
AND A LOWLAND IN THE EAST. THE COASTLANDS EXPERIENCE HIGH
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY YEAR-ROUND. THE RAINY SEASON IS
FROM DECEMBER TO APRIL. THE NORTHERN COAST RECEIVES UP TO
2000MM AND THE SOUTHERN AS LITTLE AS 200MM. TEMPERATURES
ARE LOWER IN THE ANDES DUE TO ALTITUDE. QUITO HAS A CLIMATE
OF "PERPETUAL SPRING" WITH WARM DAYS AND CHILLY NIGHTS AND
LITTLE VARIATION IN TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE
EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY AT THE FOOT OF THE ANDES IS
LOWLYING AND HAS A TYPICAL HOT, WET, TROPICAL CLIMATE WITH
RAINFALL DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
CLOTHING: LIGHTWEIGHTS AND RAINWEAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WARMER CLOTHING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ACCLIMATIZATION
PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR DUE TO HIGH ALTITUDE.
CLIMATE TABLES:
QUITO ALT 2879M
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
TEMP MAX C 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 19 19 18
MIN C 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 10
RAIN MM 99 112 142 175 137 43 20 31 69 112 97 79
HUMIDITY AM 88 87 88 89 88 80 75 73 79 85 86 87
% PM 59 61 63 67 64 55 50 49 56 64 63 62
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