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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quito or Verona?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Verona for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Verona 66: Verona leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Verona 76: Quito leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Verona 37: Quito leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Verona 65: Quito leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Verona 92: Verona leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Verona 66: Verona leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Verona 68: Verona leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Verona 52: Verona leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Verona 46: Quito leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Verona 66: Verona leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Verona 48: Verona leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Verona.

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.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 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). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoVerona
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaItalian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,850 m59 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoVerona
City population1,763,275255,588
People per km²4,7351,285
Museums within 10 km1618
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25

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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.