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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Quebec City 18, Quito 5: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Quito 54: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Quito 77: Quito leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Quito 40: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Quito 86: Quito leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Quito 55: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Quito 32: Quebec City leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Quito 45: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Quito 40: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Quito 78: Quito leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Quito 38: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Quito 44: Quebec City leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Quito.

Your match

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

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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

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. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityQuito
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911911
Elevation98 m2,850 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityQuito
City population574,4821,763,275
People per km²1,1844,735
Museums within 10 km1616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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). 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.