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Gold Coast vs Quito
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Gold Coast is the warmer of the two — about 3°C on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 1780 mm more rain a year, and Gold Coast the sunnier.
How the seasons compare
The differences between Gold Coast and Quito, in everyday terms.
Summers
Gold Coast has much hotter summers
Gold Coast: Warm
Quito: Mild
Winters
Winters are similar
Gold Coast: Mild
Quito: Mild
Rain & snow
Quito is much wetter
Gold Coast: Wet
Quito: Very wet
Sky
Gold Coast is far sunnier
Gold Coast: Partly cloudy
Quito: Often grey
Month-by-month charts
Temperature
Gold Coast is the warmer of the two — about 3°C on the annual average.
Precipitation
Quito is the wetter — about 1780 mm more across the year.
Clear skies
Gold Coast 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 |
| Quito | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Difference | -7 | -7 | -6 | -4 | -1 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +1 | -2 | -4 | -6 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 21 |
| Quito | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| Difference | -7 | -7 | -6 | -4 | -1 | +2 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 |
| Quito | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Difference | +3 | +3 | +1 | -2 | -4 | -6 |
Avg low (°C) Gold Coast runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
| Quito | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Difference | -8 | -8 | -7 | -4 | -2 | -1 | — | — | -2 | -4 | -6 | -7 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 |
| Quito | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Difference | -8 | -8 | -7 | -4 | -2 | -1 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
| Quito | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Difference | — | — | -2 | -4 | -6 | -7 |
Precipitation (mm) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 141 | 175 | 136 | 119 | 103 | 114 | 53 | 56 | 41 | 85 | 104 | 140 |
| Quito | 294 | 281 | 334 | 329 | 270 | 166 | 126 | 129 | 219 | 286 | 303 | 309 |
| Difference | +154 | +106 | +198 | +210 | +167 | +52 | +74 | +73 | +178 | +201 | +198 | +169 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 141 | 175 | 136 | 119 | 103 | 114 |
| Quito | 294 | 281 | 334 | 329 | 270 | 166 |
| Difference | +154 | +106 | +198 | +210 | +167 | +52 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 53 | 56 | 41 | 85 | 104 | 140 |
| Quito | 126 | 129 | 219 | 286 | 303 | 309 |
| Difference | +74 | +73 | +178 | +201 | +198 | +169 |
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 57 | 57 | 53 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 47 | 53 | 55 |
| Quito | 81 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Difference | +24 | +27 | +34 | +36 | +32 | +27 | +32 | +36 | +39 | +34 | +29 | +26 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 57 | 57 | 53 | 48 | 49 | 48 |
| Quito | 81 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 75 |
| Difference | +24 | +27 | +34 | +36 | +32 | +27 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 40 | 35 | 36 | 47 | 53 | 55 |
| Quito | 72 | 71 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Difference | +32 | +36 | +39 | +34 | +29 | +26 |
Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 71 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 70 |
| Quito | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 84 |
| Difference | +15 | +13 | +12 | +12 | +10 | +5 | +4 | +6 | +9 | +13 | +14 | +14 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 71 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 76 |
| Quito | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 81 |
| Difference | +15 | +13 | +12 | +12 | +10 | +5 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 73 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 70 |
| Quito | 78 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 84 |
| Difference | +4 | +6 | +9 | +13 | +14 | +14 |
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. Gold Coast trends → · Quito trends →
Methodology & sources
Gold Coast
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Gold Coast Seaway, a weather station, about 7 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.
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.
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