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Quito vs Mexico City

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Comparing Quito change · Mexico City change

Bottom line

Quito and Mexico City have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Quito is the wetter, with 92 in more rain a year, and Mexico City the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 2°F on the year

Wetter Quito 92 in more a year

Sunnier Mexico City 26 pp less cloud

Colder winters Mexico City 13°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Quito and Mexico City, in everyday terms.

Summers

Mexico City has hotter summers

Quito: Mild
Mexico City: Warm

Winters

Quito has much milder winters

Quito: Mild
Mexico City: Cool

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Quito: Very wet
Mexico City: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Mexico City is far sunnier

Quito: Often grey
Mexico City: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Quito and Mexico City run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 92 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Mexico City has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Mexico City runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	76	74	73	72
Mexico City	72	76	80	83	83	80	77	78	76	75	73	72
Difference	—	+4	+8	+10	+9	+5	+2	+1	—	+1	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75
Mexico City	72	76	80	83	83	80
Difference	—	+4	+8	+10	+9	+5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	76	77	76	74	73	72
Mexico City	77	78	76	75	73	72
Difference	+2	+1	—	+1	—	—

Avg low (°F) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55	54	54	55	56	56	56
Mexico City	44	47	49	53	54	55	54	54	54	51	47	44
Difference	-13	-11	-8	-5	-3	—	—	+1	—	-4	-9	-12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55
Mexico City	44	47	49	53	54	55
Difference	-13	-11	-8	-5	-3	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	54	54	55	56	56	56
Mexico City	54	54	54	51	47	44
Difference	—	+1	—	-4	-9	-12

Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
Mexico City	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.9	4.7	5.5	5.7	5.1	2.4	0.6	0.1
Difference	-11.3	-10.8	-12.7	-12.2	-8.7	-1.8	+0.6	+0.6	-3.6	-8.9	-11.4	-12.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6
Mexico City	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.9	4.7
Difference	-11.3	-10.8	-12.7	-12.2	-8.7	-1.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
Mexico City	5.5	5.7	5.1	2.4	0.6	0.1
Difference	+0.6	+0.6	-3.6	-8.9	-11.4	-12.1

Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75	72	71	75	81	81	81
Mexico City	39	35	36	46	55	71	75	74	76	59	42	37
Difference	-42	-49	-51	-39	-26	-5	+3	+3	+1	-22	-39	-44

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75
Mexico City	39	35	36	46	55	71
Difference	-42	-49	-51	-39	-26	-5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	72	71	75	81	81	81
Mexico City	75	74	76	59	42	37
Difference	+3	+3	+1	-22	-39	-44

Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81	78	75	76	80	82	84
Mexico City	61	55	50	48	55	69	76	79	82	78	72	65
Difference	-25	-31	-37	-38	-29	-11	-1	+4	+6	-2	-10	-19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81
Mexico City	61	55	50	48	55	69
Difference	-25	-31	-37	-38	-29	-11

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	78	75	76	80	82	84
Mexico City	76	79	82	78	72	65
Difference	-1	+4	+6	-2	-10	-19

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. Quito trends → · Mexico City trends →

Methodology & sources

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.

Mexico City

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Playa Caleta 454 Colonia Marte, about 5 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

← change Quito · change Mexico City → · Quito page · Mexico City page