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Xi’an vs Quito

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Comparing Xi’an change · Quito change

Bottom line

Quito is the warmer of the two — about 6°F on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 99 in more rain a year, and Xi’an the sunnier.

Warmer Quito 6°F on the year
Wetter Quito 99 in more a year
Sunnier Xi’an 16 pp less cloud
Colder winters Xi’an 30°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Xi’an and Quito, in everyday terms.

Summers

Xi’an has far hotter summers

Xi’an: Hot
Quito: Mild

Winters

Quito has far milder winters

Xi’an: Cold
Quito: Mild

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Xi’an: Fairly dry
Quito: Very wet

Sky

Xi’an is sunnier

Xi’an: Often cloudy
Quito: Often grey

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Quito is the warmer of the two — about 6°F on the annual average.

20°40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct Xi’anQuito

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 99 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 0714 JanAprJulOct Xi’anQuito

Clear skies

Xi’an has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct Xi’anQuito

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°F) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an415060728189918778675544
Quito727172737475767776747372
Difference+30+22+12+1-8-15-16-10-2+7+17+28
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Xi’an415060728189
Quito727172737475
Difference+30+22+12+1-8-15
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an918778675544
Quito767776747372
Difference-16-10-2+7+17+28
Avg low (°F) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an263241516068737062513829
Quito565758585755545455565656
Difference+30+25+17+6-3-14-19-17-7+5+17+27
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Xi’an263241516068
Quito565758585755
Difference+30+25+17+6-3-14
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an737062513829
Quito545455565656
Difference-19-17-7+5+17+27
Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an0.30.31.11.422.53.83.33.12.50.80.3
Quito11.611.113.11310.66.655.18.611.211.912.2
Difference+11.3+10.8+12.1+11.5+8.6+4.1+1.2+1.7+5.5+8.8+11.1+11.9
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Xi’an0.30.31.11.422.5
Quito11.611.113.11310.66.6
Difference+11.3+10.8+12.1+11.5+8.6+4.1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an3.83.33.12.50.80.3
Quito55.18.611.211.912.2
Difference+1.2+1.7+5.5+8.8+11.1+11.9
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an566469697271676569645250
Quito818488858175727175818181
Difference+25+20+19+16+9+4+4+6+7+17+29+31
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Xi’an566469697271
Quito818488858175
Difference+25+20+19+16+9+4
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an676569645250
Quito727175818181
Difference+4+6+7+17+29+31
Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an595854504951596165646359
Quito868787868481787576808284
Difference+27+29+33+36+35+29+18+14+11+16+19+25
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Xi’an595854504951
Quito868787868481
Difference+27+29+33+36+35+29
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Xi’an596165646359
Quito787576808284
Difference+18+14+11+16+19+25

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Xi’an trends → · Quito trends →

Methodology & sources

Xi’an

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 18 years of daily observations at Xian, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Quito

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

How we build these numbers →