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Santo Domingo vs Quito
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Santo Domingo is the warmer of the two — about 16°F on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 54 in more rain a year, and Santo Domingo the sunnier.
How the seasons compare
The differences between Santo Domingo and Quito, in everyday terms.
Summers
Santo Domingo has far hotter summers
Santo Domingo: Hot
Quito: Mild
Winters
Santo Domingo has much milder winters
Santo Domingo: Stays warm
Quito: Mild
Rain & snow
Quito is wetter
Santo Domingo: Very wet
Quito: Very wet
Sky
Santo Domingo is far sunnier
Santo Domingo: Partly cloudy
Quito: Often grey
Month-by-month charts
Temperature
Santo Domingo is the warmer of the two — about 16°F on the annual average.
Precipitation
Quito is the wetter — about 54 in more across the year.
Clear skies
Santo Domingo 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 (°F) Santo Domingo runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 87 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 88 |
| Quito | 72 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 72 |
| Difference | -15 | -15 | -16 | -16 | -16 | -15 | -15 | -14 | -15 | -16 | -17 | -16 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 87 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 90 |
| Quito | 72 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 |
| Difference | -15 | -15 | -16 | -16 | -16 | -15 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 88 |
| Quito | 76 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 72 |
| Difference | -15 | -14 | -15 | -16 | -17 | -16 |
Avg low (°F) Santo Domingo runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 70 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 71 |
| Quito | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 |
| Difference | -13 | -13 | -13 | -14 | -17 | -20 | -21 | -22 | -21 | -19 | -17 | -15 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 70 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 75 |
| Quito | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 55 |
| Difference | -13 | -13 | -13 | -14 | -17 | -20 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 71 |
| Quito | 54 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 |
| Difference | -21 | -22 | -21 | -19 | -17 | -15 |
Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 6 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 4 | 1.8 |
| Quito | 11.6 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 13 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 5 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.2 |
| Difference | +9.5 | +9.3 | +10.7 | +8.5 | +3.4 | +0.5 | -2.9 | -5.2 | -0.9 | +2.9 | +8 | +10.4 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 6 |
| Quito | 11.6 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 13 | 10.6 | 6.6 |
| Difference | +9.5 | +9.3 | +10.7 | +8.5 | +3.4 | +0.5 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 7.9 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 4 | 1.8 |
| Quito | 5 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.2 |
| Difference | -2.9 | -5.2 | -0.9 | +2.9 | +8 | +10.4 |
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 41 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 58 | 54 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 42 |
| Quito | 81 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Difference | +40 | +45 | +46 | +40 | +23 | +21 | +21 | +19 | +20 | +28 | +34 | +38 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 41 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 58 | 54 |
| Quito | 81 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 75 |
| Difference | +40 | +45 | +46 | +40 | +23 | +21 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 50 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 42 |
| Quito | 72 | 71 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Difference | +21 | +19 | +20 | +28 | +34 | +38 |
Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 75 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 77 |
| Quito | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 84 |
| Difference | +11 | +14 | +16 | +16 | +10 | +5 | +3 | -1 | -1 | +2 | +4 | +7 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 75 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 76 |
| Quito | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 81 |
| Difference | +11 | +14 | +16 | +16 | +10 | +5 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 77 |
| Quito | 78 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 84 |
| Difference | +3 | -1 | -1 | +2 | +4 | +7 |
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. Santo Domingo trends → · Quito trends →
Methodology & sources
Santo Domingo
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Santo Domingo, a weather station, about 4 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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