Overall, páramo climates are known for their daily fluctuations in temperature and humidity. While they are generally cold and humid ecosystems, they often undergo a sudden and drastic change in weather in which they fluctuate between temperatures from below freezing to as high as . This oscillation often results in a daily freeze-and-thaw cycle, sometimes described as "summer every day and winter every night." Mean annual temperatures of páramo ecosystems range from to , with increasingly colder temperatures at higher latitudes.