Esmeraldas
Esmeraldas
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About
Esmeraldas is a coastal city in northwestern Ecuador. It is the seat of the Esmeraldas Canton and capital of the Esmeraldas Province. It has an international sea port and a small airport. Esmeraldas is the major seaport of northwestern Ecuador, and it lies on the Pacific coast at the mouth of the Esmeraldas River.
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The next week in Esmeraldas
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
29° / 23°
1.2 mm
UV High
Sat
Drizzle
30° / 22°
1.2 mm
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
30° / 22°
2.1 mm
UV High
Mon
Drizzle
29° / 22°
6.1 mm
UV High
Tue
Showers
29° / 22°
19.4 mm
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
28°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 22°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.2h
06:09 – 18:19local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Esmeraldas
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Carlos Concha Torres International Airport (ESM) at 5 km.
Getting around Esmeraldas
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.