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Cartagena vs Quito
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Cartagena is the warmer of the two — about 10°C on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 2151 mm more rain a year, and Cartagena the sunnier.
How the seasons compare
The differences between Cartagena and Quito, in everyday terms.
Summers
Cartagena has much hotter summers
Cartagena: Hot
Quito: Mild
Winters
Cartagena has much milder winters
Cartagena: Stays warm
Quito: Mild
Rain & snow
Quito is much wetter
Cartagena: Moderate rainfall
Quito: Very wet
Sky
Cartagena is sunnier
Cartagena: Partly cloudy
Quito: Often grey
Month-by-month charts
Temperature
Cartagena is the warmer of the two — about 10°C on the annual average.
Precipitation
Quito is the wetter — about 2151 mm more across the year.
Clear skies
Cartagena has the clearer skies — the higher line.
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 (°C) Cartagena runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 |
| Quito | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Difference | -9 | -9 | -9 | -9 | -9 | -8 | -8 | -7 | -7 | -8 | -9 | -9 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Quito | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| Difference | -9 | -9 | -9 | -9 | -9 | -8 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 |
| Quito | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Difference | -8 | -7 | -7 | -8 | -9 | -9 |
Avg low (°C) Cartagena runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 |
| Quito | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Difference | -11 | -10 | -11 | -11 | -12 | -13 | -14 | -14 | -13 | -12 | -12 | -11 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| Quito | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Difference | -11 | -10 | -11 | -11 | -12 | -13 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 |
| Quito | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Difference | -14 | -14 | -13 | -12 | -12 | -11 |
Precipitation (mm) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 9 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 106 | 91 | 88 | 94 | 95 | 186 | 143 | 51 |
| Quito | 294 | 281 | 334 | 329 | 270 | 166 | 126 | 129 | 219 | 286 | 303 | 309 |
| Difference | +285 | +272 | +332 | +311 | +164 | +75 | +38 | +34 | +124 | +99 | +160 | +258 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 9 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 106 | 91 |
| Quito | 294 | 281 | 334 | 329 | 270 | 166 |
| Difference | +285 | +272 | +332 | +311 | +164 | +75 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 88 | 94 | 95 | 186 | 143 | 51 |
| Quito | 126 | 129 | 219 | 286 | 303 | 309 |
| Difference | +38 | +34 | +124 | +99 | +160 | +258 |
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 32 | 38 | 49 | 65 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 65 | 42 |
| Quito | 81 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Difference | +49 | +46 | +39 | +20 | +6 | +3 | +2 | -3 | -3 | +3 | +16 | +39 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 32 | 38 | 49 | 65 | 75 | 72 |
| Quito | 81 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 75 |
| Difference | +49 | +46 | +39 | +20 | +6 | +3 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 70 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 65 | 42 |
| Quito | 72 | 71 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Difference | +2 | -3 | -3 | +3 | +16 | +39 |
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 78 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 81 |
| Quito | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 84 |
| Difference | +8 | +12 | +12 | +9 | +3 | -1 | -4 | -7 | -6 | -2 | — | +4 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 78 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 81 |
| Quito | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 81 |
| Difference | +8 | +12 | +12 | +9 | +3 | -1 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartagena | 81 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 81 |
| Quito | 78 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 84 |
| Difference | -4 | -7 | -6 | -2 | — | +4 |
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. Cartagena trends → · Quito trends →
Methodology & sources
Cartagena
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Rafael Nunez, 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.
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