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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quito or Rome?

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 Quito for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Rome for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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. Quito 5, Rome 50: Rome leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Rome 82: Rome leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Rome 99: Rome leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Rome 58: Rome leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Rome 58: Quito leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Rome 92: Rome leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Rome 50: Rome leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Rome 60: Rome leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Rome 72: Rome leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Rome 38: Quito leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Rome 68: Rome leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Rome 40: Quito leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Rome.

Your match

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

Quito
50match

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

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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.

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoRome
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaItalian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,850 m21 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoRome
City population1,763,2752,748,109
People per km²4,7352,135
Museums within 10 km16178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km27
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.