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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. Ljubljana 22, Quito 5: Ljubljana leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Quito 54: Ljubljana leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Quito 77: Quito leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana and Quito are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Quito 86: Quito leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Quito 55: Ljubljana leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Quito 32: Ljubljana leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Quito 45: Ljubljana leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Quito 40: Quito leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Quito 78: Quito leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Quito 38: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 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: Ljubljana and Quito.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 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. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaQuito
Official languageSloveneSpanish, 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
Elevation309 m2,850 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaQuito
City population284,2931,763,275
People per km²1,7364,735
Museums within 10 km1416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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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.