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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Quito or Stuttgart?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Stuttgart leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Stuttgart 62: Quito leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Stuttgart 42: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Stuttgart 60: Quito leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Stuttgart 40: Quito leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Stuttgart.

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.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 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). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoStuttgart
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoStuttgart
City population1,763,275609,365
People per km²4,7352,938
Museums within 10 km1642
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.