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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Quito or Victoria?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria for

  • families
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Victoria 50: Quito leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Victoria 42: Quito leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Victoria 30: Quito leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Victoria 77: Quito leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Victoria 54: Quito leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Quito and Victoria are level on 40.
Affordability. Quito 78, Victoria 34: Quito leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Victoria.

Your match

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

Quito
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoVictoria
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaFrench, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,850 m23 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoVictoria
City population1,763,27591,867
People per km²4,7354,711
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.