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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Plovdiv 7, Quito 5: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Quito 54: Quito leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Quito 77: Quito leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Quito 40: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Quito 86: Quito leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Quito 55: Plovdiv leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Quito 32: Plovdiv leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Quito 45: Plovdiv leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Quito 40: Quito leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv and Quito are level on 78.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Quito 38: Plovdiv leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv and Quito are level on 44.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Quito.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 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

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

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. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivQuito
Official languageBulgarianSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation172 m2,850 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivQuito
City population333,9941,763,275
People per km²3,2744,735
Museums within 10 km1816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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.