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São Paulo vs Quito

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Comparing São Paulo change · Quito change

Bottom line

São Paulo is the warmer of the two — about 4°F on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 55 in more rain a year, and São Paulo the sunnier.

Warmer São Paulo 4°F on the year
Wetter Quito 55 in more a year
Sunnier São Paulo 16 pp less cloud
Winter nights About the same winter lows close to each other

How the seasons compare

The differences between São Paulo and Quito, in everyday terms.

Summers

São Paulo has much hotter summers

São Paulo: Warm
Quito: Mild

Winters

Winters are similar

São Paulo: Mild
Quito: Mild

Rain & snow

Quito is wetter

São Paulo: Very wet
Quito: Very wet

Sky

São Paulo is sunnier

São Paulo: Often cloudy
Quito: Often grey

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

São Paulo is the warmer of the two — about 4°F on the annual average.

40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct São PauloQuito

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 55 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 0714 JanAprJulOct São PauloQuito

Clear skies

São Paulo has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct São PauloQuito

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) São Paulo runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo838482807473737677808083
Quito727172737475767776747372
Difference-12-13-11-7-1+1+2+1-1-6-8-11
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
São Paulo838482807473
Quito727172737475
Difference-12-13-11-7-1+1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo737677808083
Quito767776747372
Difference+2+1-1-6-8-11
Avg low (°F) São Paulo runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo676766645856555659626366
Quito565758585755545455565656
Difference-10-10-8-6-2-1-1-2-4-6-7-10
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
São Paulo676766645856
Quito565758585755
Difference-10-10-8-6-2-1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo555659626366
Quito545455565656
Difference-1-2-4-6-7-10
Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo11.510.193.42.62.41.91.33.355.79.1
Quito11.611.113.11310.66.655.18.611.211.912.2
Difference+0.1+0.9+4.1+9.5+8+4.2+3.1+3.8+5.4+6.2+6.3+3.1
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
São Paulo11.510.193.42.62.4
Quito11.611.113.11310.66.6
Difference+0.1+0.9+4.1+9.5+8+4.2
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo1.91.33.355.79.1
Quito55.18.611.211.912.2
Difference+3.1+3.8+5.4+6.2+6.3+3.1
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo797268575652484761717476
Quito818488858175727175818181
Difference+2+12+20+27+25+23+24+24+14+10+7+5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
São Paulo797268575652
Quito818488858175
Difference+2+12+20+27+25+23
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo484761717476
Quito727175818181
Difference+24+24+14+10+7+5
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo848486858583807675777981
Quito868787868481787576808284
Difference+2+3+1+1-3-2-1+1+3+3+3
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
São Paulo848486858583
Quito868787868481
Difference+2+3+1+1-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
São Paulo807675777981
Quito787576808284
Difference-2-1+1+3+3+3

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. São Paulo trends → · Quito trends →

Methodology & sources

São Paulo

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from INMET, Brazil's national meteorological institute, measured at Sao Paulo(mir.de Santana), about 6 km from the city centre.

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 →