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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Quito or Vienna?

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

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Vienna 62: Quito leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Vienna 44: Quito leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Vienna.

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.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
12 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoVienna
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m151 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoVienna
City population1,763,2752,028,289
People per km²4,7354,890
Museums within 10 km16152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23

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. 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.