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Hamilton vs Quito

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Bottom line

Hamilton is the warmer of the two — about 4°C on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 1599 mm more rain a year, and Hamilton the sunnier.

Warmer Hamilton 4°C on the year

Wetter Quito 1599 mm more a year

Sunnier Hamilton 13 pp less cloud

Colder winters Quito 1°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Hamilton and Quito, in everyday terms.

Summers

Hamilton has much hotter summers

Hamilton: Warm
Quito: Mild

Winters

Winters are similar

Hamilton: Stays warm
Quito: Mild

Rain & snow

Quito is wetter

Hamilton: Wet
Quito: Very wet

Sky

Hamilton is sunnier

Hamilton: Often cloudy
Quito: Often grey

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Hamilton is the warmer of the two — about 4°C on the annual average.

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 1599 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Hamilton 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
Hamilton	21	21	21	22	25	27	30	30	29	27	24	23
Quito	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	23	23	22
Difference	+1	+1	+1	—	-1	-4	-6	-5	-5	-4	-2	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Hamilton	21	21	21	22	25	27
Quito	22	22	22	23	23	24
Difference	+1	+1	+1	—	-1	-4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamilton	30	30	29	27	24	23
Quito	24	25	25	23	23	22
Difference	-6	-5	-5	-4	-2	—

Avg low (°C) Hamilton runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamilton	16	15	15	17	19	22	25	25	24	22	19	17
Quito	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13
Difference	-2	-1	-1	-3	-6	-10	-13	-13	-12	-9	-6	-4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Hamilton	16	15	15	17	19	22
Quito	14	14	14	14	14	13
Difference	-2	-1	-1	-3	-6	-10

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamilton	25	25	24	22	19	17
Quito	12	12	13	13	13	13
Difference	-13	-13	-12	-9	-6	-4

Precipitation (mm) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamilton	129	125	132	84	82	116	111	156	145	141	109	116
Quito	294	281	334	329	270	166	126	129	219	286	303	309
Difference	+166	+156	+202	+245	+187	+50	+15	-28	+74	+145	+194	+193

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Hamilton	129	125	132	84	82	116
Quito	294	281	334	329	270	166
Difference	+166	+156	+202	+245	+187	+50

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamilton	111	156	145	141	109	116
Quito	126	129	219	286	303	309
Difference	+15	-28	+74	+145	+194	+193

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamilton	79	78	76	66	63	60	50	52	59	67	69	76
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75	72	71	75	81	81	81
Difference	+2	+6	+12	+19	+18	+15	+22	+19	+16	+14	+12	+5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Hamilton	79	78	76	66	63	60
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75
Difference	+2	+6	+12	+19	+18	+15

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamilton	50	52	59	67	69	76
Quito	72	71	75	81	81	81
Difference	+22	+19	+16	+14	+12	+5

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamilton	76	77	77	79	82	84	81	79	78	77	75	75
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81	78	75	76	80	82	84
Difference	+10	+10	+10	+7	+2	-4	-4	-4	-2	+3	+7	+9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Hamilton	76	77	77	79	82	84
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81
Difference	+10	+10	+10	+7	+2	-4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Hamilton	81	79	78	77	75	75
Quito	78	75	76	80	82	84
Difference	-4	-4	-2	+3	+7	+9

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. Hamilton trends → · Quito trends →

Methodology & sources

Hamilton

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld, a weather station, about 12 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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