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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Cadiz 80, Quito 5: Cadiz leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Quito 54: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Quito 77: Quito leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Quito 40: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Quito 86: Quito leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Quito 55: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Quito 32: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Quito 45: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Quito 40: Quito leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Quito 78: Quito leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Quito 38: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Quito 44: Quito leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Quito.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizQuito
Official languageSpanishSpanish, 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
Elevation11 m2,850 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizQuito
City population109,9501,763,275
People per km²9,0874,735
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.