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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Quito for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Izmir 62, Quito 5: Izmir leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Quito 54: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Quito 77: Quito leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Quito 40: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Quito 86: Quito leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Quito 55: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Quito 32: Izmir leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Quito 45: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Quito 40: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Quito 78: Quito leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Quito 38: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Quito 44: Izmir leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Quito.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirQuito
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m2,850 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirQuito
City population4,493,2421,763,275
People per km²4,7604,735
Museums within 10 km2916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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.