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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quito or Wilmington?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Wilmington 48: Quito leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Wilmington 40: Quito leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Quito and Wilmington are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Wilmington 58: Quito leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Wilmington 45: Quito leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Wilmington 62: Wilmington leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Wilmington 28: Quito leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Wilmington 33: Quito leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Wilmington 42: Quito leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Wilmington 40: Wilmington leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Wilmington 33: Quito leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Wilmington.

Your match

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

Quito
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

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

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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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). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoWilmington
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua-
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,850 m9 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoWilmington
City population1,763,275115,451
People per km²4,735839
Museums within 10 km162
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.