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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Lisbon 50, Quito 5: Lisbon leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Quito 54: Lisbon leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Quito 77: Lisbon leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Quito 40: Lisbon leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Quito 86: Quito leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Quito 55: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Quito 32: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Quito 45: Lisbon leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Quito 40: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Quito 78: Quito leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Quito 38: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Quito 44: Quito leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Quito.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonQuito
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation100 m2,850 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonQuito
City population545,7961,763,275
People per km²5,4534,735
Museums within 10 km8016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.