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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • 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. Macau 24, Quito 5: Macau leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Quito 54: Macau leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Quito 77: Quito leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Macau and Quito are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Quito 86: Quito leads by 81 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Quito 55: Quito leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Quito 32: Macau leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Quito 45: Macau leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Quito 40: Macau leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Quito 78: Quito leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Quito 38: Quito leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 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: Macau and Quito.

Your match

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

Macau
46match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Quito
Best match
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.

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauQuito
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyPataca (MOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5
Emergency number999911
Elevation22 m2,850 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauQuito
City population682,1001,763,275
People per km²5,9164,735
Museums within 10 km2816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months-

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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.