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Quito vs Los Angeles

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Bottom line

Quito and Los Angeles have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Quito is the wetter, with 2747 mm more rain a year, and Los Angeles the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 1°C on the year

Wetter Quito 2747 mm more a year

Sunnier Los Angeles 28 pp less cloud

Colder winters Los Angeles 4°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Quito and Los Angeles, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Quito: Mild
Los Angeles: Warm

Winters

Quito has milder winters

Quito: Mild
Los Angeles: Cool

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Quito: Very wet
Los Angeles: Fairly dry

Sky

Los Angeles is far sunnier

Quito: Often grey
Los Angeles: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Quito and Los Angeles run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 2747 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Los Angeles 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) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	23	23	22
Los Angeles	20	19	20	21	22	23	25	26	26	24	22	19
Difference	-2	-3	-2	-2	-2	-1	+1	+1	+1	+1	—	-3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	22	22	22	23	23	24
Los Angeles	20	19	20	21	22	23
Difference	-2	-3	-2	-2	-2	-1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	24	25	25	23	23	22
Los Angeles	25	26	26	24	22	19
Difference	+1	+1	+1	+1	—	-3

Avg low (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13
Los Angeles	10	10	12	13	15	16	18	19	18	16	12	9
Difference	-4	-4	-3	-2	+1	+4	+6	+7	+6	+3	-1	-4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	14	14	14	14	14	13
Los Angeles	10	10	12	13	15	16
Difference	-4	-4	-3	-2	+1	+4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	12	12	13	13	13	13
Los Angeles	18	19	18	16	12	9
Difference	+6	+7	+6	+3	-1	-4

Precipitation (mm) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	294	281	334	329	270	166	126	129	219	286	303	309
Los Angeles	68	75	42	15	7	0	1	0	4	12	18	56
Difference	-227	-206	-291	-314	-262	-166	-126	-129	-215	-273	-285	-253

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	294	281	334	329	270	166
Los Angeles	68	75	42	15	7	0
Difference	-227	-206	-291	-314	-262	-166

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	126	129	219	286	303	309
Los Angeles	1	0	4	12	18	56
Difference	-126	-129	-215	-273	-285	-253

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
Los Angeles	53	54	54	48	55	62	60	51	48	48	44	48
Difference	-28	-30	-34	-37	-26	-13	-12	-20	-27	-33	-38	-33

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75
Los Angeles	53	54	54	48	55	62
Difference	-28	-30	-34	-37	-26	-13

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	72	71	75	81	81	81
Los Angeles	60	51	48	48	44	48
Difference	-12	-20	-27	-33	-38	-33

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
Los Angeles	61	65	66	63	63	58	53	49	50	52	52	58
Difference	-25	-22	-21	-23	-22	-23	-25	-26	-26	-28	-30	-27

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81
Los Angeles	61	65	66	63	63	58
Difference	-25	-22	-21	-23	-22	-23

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	78	75	76	80	82	84
Los Angeles	53	49	50	52	52	58
Difference	-25	-26	-26	-28	-30	-27

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 → · Los Angeles 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.

Los Angeles

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Hawthorne Muni AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00003167), about 17 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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