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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Quito or Tallinn?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • families
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Tallinn 52: Quito leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Tallinn 68: Quito leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Tallinn 55: Quito leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Quito and Tallinn are level on 40.
Affordability. Quito 78, Tallinn 47: Quito leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Quito
50match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoTallinn
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaEstonian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,850 m28 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoTallinn
City population1,763,275457,572
People per km²4,7352,871
Museums within 10 km1616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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.