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Quito vs Muscat

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Comparing Quito change · Muscat change

Bottom line

Muscat is the warmer of the two — about 18°F on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 114 in more rain a year, and Muscat the sunnier.

Warmer Muscat 18°F on the year
Wetter Quito 114 in more a year
Sunnier Muscat 45 pp less cloud
Colder winters Quito 5°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Quito and Muscat, in everyday terms.

Summers

Muscat has far hotter summers

Quito: Mild
Muscat: Very hot

Winters

Muscat has milder winters

Quito: Mild
Muscat: Mild

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Quito: Very wet
Muscat: Very dry

Sky

Muscat is far sunnier

Quito: Often grey
Muscat: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Muscat is the warmer of the two — about 18°F on the annual average.

40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct QuitoMuscat

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 114 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 0714 JanAprJulOct QuitoMuscat

Clear skies

Muscat has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct QuitoMuscat

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) Muscat runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito727172737475767776747372
Muscat77808594103103999696948680
Difference+6+8+13+21+29+29+24+20+20+20+14+8
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito727172737475
Muscat77808594103103
Difference+6+8+13+21+29+29
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito767776747372
Muscat999696948680
Difference+24+20+20+20+14+8
Avg low (°F) Muscat runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito565758585755545455565656
Muscat626468768487868380766964
Difference+5+7+11+18+27+32+32+29+26+20+14+8
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito565758585755
Muscat626468768487
Difference+5+7+11+18+27+32
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito545455565656
Muscat868380766964
Difference+32+29+26+20+14+8
Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito11.611.113.11310.66.655.18.611.211.912.2
Muscat0.80.61.20.90.10.50.20.40.30.10.30.8
Difference-10.8-10.4-11.9-12.1-10.5-6.1-4.8-4.7-8.4-11.2-11.6-11.4
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito11.611.113.11310.66.6
Muscat0.80.61.20.90.10.5
Difference-10.8-10.4-11.9-12.1-10.5-6.1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito55.18.611.211.912.2
Muscat0.20.40.30.10.30.8
Difference-4.8-4.7-8.4-11.2-11.6-11.4
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito818488858175727175818181
Muscat443740362731453926223040
Difference-37-47-47-48-54-44-27-32-50-59-51-41
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito818488858175
Muscat443740362731
Difference-37-47-47-48-54-44
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito727175818181
Muscat453926223040
Difference-27-32-50-59-51-41
Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito868787868481787576808284
Muscat605447373133394139415460
Difference-26-32-39-49-54-47-39-34-37-39-28-24
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito868787868481
Muscat605447373133
Difference-26-32-39-49-54-47
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito787576808284
Muscat394139415460
Difference-39-34-37-39-28-24

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 → · Muscat 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.

Muscat

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Seeb Intl / Muscat Intl, a weather station, about 13 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.

How we build these numbers →