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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 Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Quito or Sapporo?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • families
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Sapporo leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Sapporo 40: Quito leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito and Sapporo are level on 86.
Day trips. Quito 55, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Sapporo 60: Quito leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Quito
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on families and wellness 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoSapporo
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaJapanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2,850 m5 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoSapporo
City population1,763,2751,959,313
People per km²4,7351,747
Museums within 10 km1633
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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. 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.