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Saint John’s vs Quito

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Comparing Saint John’s change · Quito change

Bottom line

Saint John’s is the warmer of the two — about 16°F on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 81 in more rain a year, and Saint John’s the sunnier.

Warmer Saint John’s 16°F on the year

Wetter Quito 81 in more a year

Sunnier Saint John’s 35 pp less cloud

Colder winters Quito 15°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Saint John’s and Quito, in everyday terms.

Summers

Saint John’s has much hotter summers

Saint John’s: Hot
Quito: Mild

Winters

Saint John’s has much milder winters

Saint John’s: Stays warm
Quito: Mild

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Saint John’s: Moderate rainfall
Quito: Very wet

Sky

Saint John’s is far sunnier

Saint John’s: Fairly sunny
Quito: Often grey

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Saint John’s is the warmer of the two — about 16°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 81 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Saint John’s has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Saint John’s runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	83	83	84	85	86	87	88	88	88	88	86	84
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	76	74	73	72
Difference	-11	-12	-12	-13	-13	-13	-12	-12	-12	-14	-13	-12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	83	83	84	85	86	87
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75
Difference	-11	-12	-12	-13	-13	-13

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	88	88	88	88	86	84
Quito	76	77	76	74	73	72
Difference	-12	-12	-12	-14	-13	-12

Avg low (°F) Saint John’s runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	72	72	73	74	76	77	77	77	77	76	75	73
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55	54	54	55	56	56	56
Difference	-16	-15	-15	-16	-19	-22	-23	-24	-22	-20	-19	-17

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	72	72	73	74	76	77
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55
Difference	-16	-15	-15	-16	-19	-22

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	77	77	77	76	75	73
Quito	54	54	55	56	56	56
Difference	-23	-24	-22	-20	-19	-17

Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	2.3	1.4	1.3	2.3	3.7	3.2	4	4.3	4	5	4.8	3.2
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
Difference	+9.3	+9.6	+11.8	+10.7	+6.9	+3.4	+1	+0.8	+4.6	+6.2	+7.2	+9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	2.3	1.4	1.3	2.3	3.7	3.2
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6
Difference	+9.3	+9.6	+11.8	+10.7	+6.9	+3.4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	4	4.3	4	5	4.8	3.2
Quito	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
Difference	+1	+0.8	+4.6	+6.2	+7.2	+9

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	36	38	39	43	53	52	46	43	52	49	46	41
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75	72	71	75	81	81	81
Difference	+45	+46	+49	+42	+28	+23	+26	+27	+23	+32	+36	+40

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	36	38	39	43	53	52
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75
Difference	+45	+46	+49	+42	+28	+23

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	46	43	52	49	46	41
Quito	72	71	75	81	81	81
Difference	+26	+27	+23	+32	+36	+40

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	76	75	75	76	78	78	78	79	79	79	78	77
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81	78	75	76	80	82	84
Difference	+11	+12	+12	+10	+6	+2	-1	-4	-3	+1	+4	+8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	76	75	75	76	78	78
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81
Difference	+11	+12	+12	+10	+6	+2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	78	79	79	79	78	77
Quito	78	75	76	80	82	84
Difference	-1	-4	-3	+1	+4	+8

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. Saint John’s trends → · Quito trends →

Methodology & sources

Saint John’s

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at V C Bird Intl, a weather station, about 6 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.

How we build these numbers →

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