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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Quito or Warsaw?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • families
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Warsaw 70: Quito leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Warsaw 47: Quito leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Warsaw 52: Quito leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Warsaw 64: Quito leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Warsaw 35: Quito leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Warsaw.

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.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on families 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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QuitoWarsaw

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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoWarsaw
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaPolish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,850 m118 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoWarsaw
City population1,763,2751,862,402
People per km²4,7353,601
Museums within 10 km16117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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.