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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Quito or Toledo?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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 and Toledo are level on 5.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Toledo 40: Quito leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Toledo 22: Quito leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Toledo 40: Quito leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Toledo 45: Toledo leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Toledo 32: Quito leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Toledo 58: Quito leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Toledo 22: Quito leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Toledo 30: Quito leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Toledo.

Your match

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

Quito
Best match
50match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on day trips 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
12 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoToledo
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoToledo
City population1,763,27587,216
People per km²4,735376
Museums within 10 km1613
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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.