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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • 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. Mumbai 18, Quito 5: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Quito 54: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Quito 77: Quito leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Quito 40: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Quito 86: Quito leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Quito 55: Quito leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Quito 32: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Quito 45: Quito leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Quito 40: Mumbai leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Quito 78: Quito leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Quito 38: Mumbai leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Quito 44: Quito leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Quito.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiQuito
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m2,850 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiQuito
City population15,414,2881,763,275
People per km²25,5634,735
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.