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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • families
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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. Osaka 34, Quito 5: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Quito 54: Osaka leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Quito 77: Quito leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Quito 40: Osaka leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Quito 86: Quito leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Quito 55: Osaka leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Quito 32: Osaka leads by 56 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Quito 45: Osaka leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Quito 40: Osaka leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Quito 78: Quito leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Quito 38: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Quito 44: Osaka leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Quito.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Quito
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.

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaQuito
Official languageJapaneseSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation20 m2,850 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaQuito
City population2,751,8621,763,275
People per km²12,3404,735
Museums within 10 km4416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.