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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cordoba 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 Cordoba for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Cordoba 14, Quito 5: Cordoba leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Quito 54: Cordoba leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Quito 77: Cordoba leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba and Quito are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Quito 86: Quito leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Quito 55: Cordoba leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Quito 32: Cordoba leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Quito 45: Cordoba leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Quito 40: Quito leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Quito 78: Quito leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Quito 38: Cordoba leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Quito 44: Quito leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Quito.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cordoba
52match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaQuito
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
Elevation120 m2,850 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaQuito
City population323,2621,763,275
People per km²2584,735
Museums within 10 km1616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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. 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.