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Melbourne vs Quito
Comparing Melbourne change · Quito change
Quito is the warmer of the two — about 2°C on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 2471 mm more rain a year, and Melbourne the sunnier.
How the seasons compare
The differences between Melbourne and Quito, in everyday terms.
Summers
Melbourne has hotter summers
Melbourne: Warm
Quito: Mild
Winters
Quito has much milder winters
Melbourne: Cool
Quito: Mild
Rain & snow
Quito is much wetter
Melbourne: Moderate rainfall
Quito: Very wet
Sky
Melbourne is sunnier
Melbourne: Partly cloudy
Quito: Often grey
Month-by-month charts
Temperature
Quito is the warmer of the two — about 2°C on the annual average.
Precipitation
Quito is the wetter — about 2471 mm more across the year.
Clear skies
Melbourne 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 27 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 25 |
| Quito | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Difference | -5 | -5 | -3 | +1 | +5 | +9 | +10 | +9 | +6 | +3 | — | -2 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 27 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 15 |
| Quito | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| Difference | -5 | -5 | -3 | +1 | +5 | +9 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 25 |
| Quito | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Difference | +10 | +9 | +6 | +3 | — | -2 |
Avg low (°C) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Quito | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Difference | -3 | -2 | — | +3 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +3 | +2 | — | -1 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Quito | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Difference | -3 | -2 | — | +3 | +4 | +5 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Quito | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Difference | +5 | +4 | +3 | +2 | — | -1 |
Precipitation (mm) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 45 | 45 | 37 | 50 | 41 | 46 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 57 |
| Quito | 294 | 281 | 334 | 329 | 270 | 166 | 126 | 129 | 219 | 286 | 303 | 309 |
| Difference | +249 | +235 | +297 | +279 | +228 | +121 | +90 | +84 | +166 | +229 | +241 | +252 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 45 | 45 | 37 | 50 | 41 | 46 |
| Quito | 294 | 281 | 334 | 329 | 270 | 166 |
| Difference | +249 | +235 | +297 | +279 | +228 | +121 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 37 | 45 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 57 |
| Quito | 126 | 129 | 219 | 286 | 303 | 309 |
| Difference | +90 | +84 | +166 | +229 | +241 | +252 |
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 57 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 60 |
| Quito | 81 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Difference | +24 | +29 | +32 | +28 | +21 | +14 | +10 | +11 | +13 | +18 | +17 | +21 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 57 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 60 | 61 |
| Quito | 81 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 75 |
| Difference | +24 | +29 | +32 | +28 | +21 | +14 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 62 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 60 |
| Quito | 72 | 71 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Difference | +10 | +11 | +13 | +18 | +17 | +21 |
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 66 | 67 | 69 | 73 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 74 | 71 | 67 |
| Quito | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 84 |
| Difference | +21 | +20 | +18 | +13 | +5 | -4 | -7 | -7 | -3 | +6 | +11 | +17 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 66 | 67 | 69 | 73 | 80 | 85 |
| Quito | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 81 |
| Difference | +21 | +20 | +18 | +13 | +5 | -4 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 84 | 82 | 79 | 74 | 71 | 67 |
| Quito | 78 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 84 |
| Difference | -7 | -7 | -3 | +6 | +11 | +17 |
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. Melbourne trends → · Quito trends →
Methodology & sources
Melbourne
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Melbourne Regional Office, a weather station, inside the city. 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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