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Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Banff or Quito?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Banff for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Banff’s own page.

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Banff 12, Quito 5: Banff leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Banff 32, Quito 54: Quito leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Banff 22, Quito 77: Quito leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Banff 30, Quito 40: Quito leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Banff 98, Quito 86: Banff leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Banff 25, Quito 55: Quito leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Banff 60, Quito 32: Banff leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Banff 55, Quito 45: Banff leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Banff 28, Quito 40: Quito leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Banff 18, Quito 78: Quito leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Banff 32, Quito 38: Quito leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Banff 54, Quito 44: Banff leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Banff and Quito.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Banff
39match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Quito
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBanffQuito
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,400 m2,850 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBanffQuito
City population8,3051,763,275
People per km²1,7304,735
Museums within 10 km416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.