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Quito vs Chiang Mai

Cfb Oceanic / temperateAw Tropical savanna (dry winter)

Comparing Quito change · Chiang Mai change

Bottom line

Chiang Mai is the warmer of the two — about 15°F on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 74 in more rain a year, and Chiang Mai the sunnier.

Warmer Chiang Mai 15°F on the year
Wetter Quito 74 in more a year
Sunnier Chiang Mai 21 pp less cloud
Colder winters Quito 3°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Quito and Chiang Mai, in everyday terms.

Summers

Chiang Mai has far hotter summers

Quito: Mild
Chiang Mai: Very hot

Winters

Winters are similar

Quito: Mild
Chiang Mai: Stays warm

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Quito: Very wet
Chiang Mai: Wet

Sky

Chiang Mai is sunnier

Quito: Often grey
Chiang Mai: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Chiang Mai is the warmer of the two — about 15°F on the annual average.

40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct QuitoChiang Mai

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 74 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 0714 JanAprJulOct QuitoChiang Mai

Clear skies

Chiang Mai has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct QuitoChiang Mai

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) Chiang Mai runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito727172737475767776747372
Chiang Mai869196989492908990898885
Difference+15+20+24+26+21+17+14+12+14+15+15+12
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito727172737475
Chiang Mai869196989492
Difference+15+20+24+26+21+17
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito767776747372
Chiang Mai908990898885
Difference+14+12+14+15+15+12
Avg low (°F) Chiang Mai runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito565758585755545455565656
Chiang Mai596167737575757574726761
Difference+3+4+10+15+18+20+21+21+19+16+11+5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito565758585755
Chiang Mai596167737575
Difference+3+4+10+15+18+20
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito545455565656
Chiang Mai757574726761
Difference+21+21+19+16+11+5
Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito11.611.113.11310.66.655.18.611.211.912.2
Chiang Mai0.50.40.92.26.34.95.68.78.94.91.80.6
Difference-11.1-10.6-12.2-10.8-4.4-1.6+0.7+3.6+0.3-6.3-10.2-11.5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito11.611.113.11310.66.6
Chiang Mai0.50.40.92.26.34.9
Difference-11.1-10.6-12.2-10.8-4.4-1.6
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito55.18.611.211.912.2
Chiang Mai5.68.78.94.91.80.6
Difference+0.7+3.6+0.3-6.3-10.2-11.5
Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito818488858175727175818181
Chiang Mai252131487691939385664231
Difference-56-63-57-37-5+16+21+22+10-15-40-49
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito818488858175
Chiang Mai252131487691
Difference-56-63-57-37-5+16
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito727175818181
Chiang Mai939385664231
Difference+21+22+10-15-40-49
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito868787868481787576808284
Chiang Mai665551567481848789878175
Difference-20-32-36-30-10+6+12+13+7-1-9
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito868787868481
Chiang Mai665551567481
Difference-20-32-36-30-10
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito787576808284
Chiang Mai848789878175
Difference+6+12+13+7-1-9

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 → · Chiang Mai 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.

Chiang Mai

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Chiang Mai Intl, a weather station, about 3 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 →