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Gold Coast vs Quito
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Gold Coast is the warmer of the two — about 6°F on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 70 in 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 6°F on the annual average.
Precipitation
Quito is the wetter — about 70 in 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 (°F) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 84 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 82 |
| Quito | 72 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 72 |
| Difference | -12 | -12 | -11 | -6 | -1 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +1 | -4 | -8 | -10 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 84 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 71 |
| Quito | 72 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 |
| Difference | -12 | -12 | -11 | -6 | -1 | +4 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 70 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 82 |
| Quito | 76 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 72 |
| Difference | +5 | +5 | +1 | -4 | -8 | -10 |
Avg low (°F) Gold Coast runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 71 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 69 |
| Quito | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 |
| Difference | -15 | -14 | -12 | -7 | -3 | -1 | — | -1 | -4 | -7 | -10 | -13 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 71 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 56 |
| Quito | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 55 |
| Difference | -15 | -14 | -12 | -7 | -3 | -1 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 54 | 54 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 69 |
| Quito | 54 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 |
| Difference | — | -1 | -4 | -7 | -10 | -13 |
Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| Quito | 11.6 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 13 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 5 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.2 |
| Difference | +6.1 | +4.2 | +7.8 | +8.3 | +6.6 | +2.1 | +2.9 | +2.9 | +7 | +7.9 | +7.8 | +6.7 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Quito | 11.6 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 13 | 10.6 | 6.6 |
| Difference | +6.1 | +4.2 | +7.8 | +8.3 | +6.6 | +2.1 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| Quito | 5 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.2 |
| Difference | +2.9 | +2.9 | +7 | +7.9 | +7.8 | +6.7 |
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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