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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Marseille 72, Quito 5: Marseille leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Quito 54: Marseille leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Quito 77: Quito leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Quito 40: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Quito 86: Quito leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Quito 55: Marseille leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Quito 32: Marseille leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Quito 45: Marseille leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Quito 40: Marseille leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Quito 78: Quito leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Quito 38: Marseille leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Quito 44: Quito leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Quito.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches 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.

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleQuito
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m2,850 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleQuito
City population886,0401,763,275
People per km²3,6834,735
Museums within 10 km2716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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.