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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Quito or Valencia?

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 Valencia for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Valencia 68: Quito leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Valencia 60: Quito leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Valencia 57: Quito leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Valencia 42: Quito leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Valencia.

Your match

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

Quito
50match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoValencia
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 m15 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoValencia
City population1,763,275840,792
People per km²4,7356,242
Museums within 10 km1645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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.