La Concordia is a city in

Ecuador Ecuador, 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 contain ...

that is the cantonal capital of

La Concordia Canton La Concordia Canton is a canton of Ecuador. It shares borders with the cantons of El Carmen, Chone, Pedernales, Puerto Quito, Quinindé, and Santo Domingo, which are part of the provinces of Manabí, Pichincha, Esmeraldas, and Santo Domin ...

, belonging to the

Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province in the Republic of Ecuador, created in October 2007 from territory previously in the province of Pichincha Province, Pichincha. Overview The name of the province refers to a ...

. It is located north of the coastal region, in an extensive plain, at an altitude of 217 meters and with a rainy climate

tropical climate Tropical climate is the first of the five major climate groups in the Köppen climate classification identified with the letter A. Tropical climates are defined by a monthly average temperature of or higher in the coolest month, featuring hot te ...

of 25 °C on average.

Climate

Though it is located on the equator, the cold

Humboldt current The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America.Montecino, Vivian, and Carina B. Lange. "The Humboldt Current System: Ecosystem components and pro ...

suppresses rainfall when it reaches its northernmost extent from July to November and gives La Concordia a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...

(Am) instead of the usual

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

(Af) found at and near the equator.

References

Populated places in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province 1955 establishments in Ecuador Populated places established in 1955 {{Ecuador-geo-stub