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Oranjestad vs Quito

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Comparing Oranjestad change · Quito change

Bottom line

Oranjestad is the warmer of the two — about 12°C on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 2674 mm more rain a year, and Oranjestad the sunnier.

Warmer Oranjestad 12°C on the year
Wetter Quito 2674 mm more a year
Sunnier Oranjestad 25 pp less cloud
Colder winters Quito 10°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Oranjestad and Quito, in everyday terms.

Summers

Oranjestad has far hotter summers

Oranjestad: Very hot
Quito: Mild

Winters

Oranjestad has much milder winters

Oranjestad: Mild
Quito: Mild

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Oranjestad: Fairly dry
Quito: Very wet

Sky

Oranjestad is far sunnier

Oranjestad: Partly cloudy
Quito: Often grey

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Oranjestad is the warmer of the two — about 12°C on the annual average.

10°20°30°40°50° JanAprJulOct OranjestadQuito

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 2674 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 0170340 JanAprJulOct OranjestadQuito

Clear skies

Oranjestad has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct OranjestadQuito

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) Oranjestad runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad323333343535353636353333
Quito222222232324242525232322
Difference-10-11-11-11-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-10
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Oranjestad323333343535
Quito222222232324
Difference-10-11-11-11-12-11
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad353636353333
Quito242525232322
Difference-11-11-11-11-11-10
Avg low (°C) Oranjestad runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad242425252626262626262525
Quito141414141413121213131313
Difference-10-10-10-11-12-14-14-14-14-13-12-11
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Oranjestad242425252626
Quito141414141413
Difference-10-10-10-11-12-14
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad262626262525
Quito121213131313
Difference-14-14-14-13-12-11
Precipitation (mm) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad9121782029294346884032
Quito294281334329270166126129219286303309
Difference+286+269+317+321+250+137+97+86+174+197+263+277
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Oranjestad9121782029
Quito294281334329270166
Difference+286+269+317+321+250+137
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad294346884032
Quito126129219286303309
Difference+97+86+174+197+263+277
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad393947646862555158646148
Quito818488858175727175818181
Difference+42+45+41+20+13+13+17+20+17+17+21+33
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Oranjestad393947646862
Quito818488858175
Difference+42+45+41+20+13+13
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad555158646148
Quito727175818181
Difference+17+20+17+17+21+33
Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad767574767879797878808078
Quito868787868481787576808284
Difference+10+12+12+10+6+2-1-3-2+2+6
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Oranjestad767574767879
Quito868787868481
Difference+10+12+12+10+6+2
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Oranjestad797878808078
Quito787576808284
Difference-1-3-2+2+6

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. Oranjestad trends → · Quito trends →

Methodology & sources

Oranjestad

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Jose Leonardo Chirinos, a weather station, about 129 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.

How we build these numbers →