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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Quito or Salzburg?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Salzburg 45: Quito leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Salzburg 72: Quito leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Salzburg 25: Quito leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito and Salzburg are level on 86.
Day trips. Quito 55, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Salzburg 32: Quito leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Quito
50match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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
12 hdaylight a day

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoSalzburg
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,850 m424 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoSalzburg
City population1,763,275155,021
People per km²4,7352,360
Museums within 10 km1638
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23

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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. 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.