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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • families
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Copenhagen 40, Quito 5: Copenhagen leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Quito 54: Copenhagen leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Quito 77: Quito leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Quito 40: Copenhagen leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Quito 86: Quito leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Quito 55: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Quito 32: Copenhagen leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Quito 45: Copenhagen leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Quito 40: Copenhagen leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Quito 78: Quito leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Quito 38: Copenhagen leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Quito 44: Copenhagen leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Quito.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Quito
50match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenQuito
Official languageDanishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation14 m2,850 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenQuito
City population667,0991,763,275
People per km²7,3394,735
Museums within 10 km7216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.