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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Quito or York?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose York for

  • families
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: York leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, York 42: Quito leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, York 70: Quito leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, York 36: Quito leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, York 62: Quito leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, York 80: York leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, York 60: York leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, York 72: York leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, York 46: York leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, York 38: Quito leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito and York are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, York 34: Quito leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and York.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Quito
50match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

York
49match

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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 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.

York has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoYork
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaEnglish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation2,850 m25 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoYork
City population1,763,275208,400
People per km²4,735766
Museums within 10 km1624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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. 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.