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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Berlin 38, Quito 5: Berlin leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Quito 54: Berlin leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Quito 77: Berlin leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Quito 40: Berlin leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Quito 86: Quito leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Quito 55: Berlin leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Quito 32: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Quito 45: Berlin leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Quito 40: Berlin leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Quito 78: Quito leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Quito 38: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Quito 44: Berlin leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Quito.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Quito
50match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinQuito
Official languageGermanSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation34 m2,850 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinQuito
City population3,700,5771,763,275
People per km²4,1534,735
Museums within 10 km15716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.