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Quito vs Monterrey

Cfb Oceanic / temperateBSh Hot semi-arid

Comparing Quito change · Monterrey change

Bottom line

Monterrey is the warmer of the two — about 5°C on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 2370 mm more rain a year, and Monterrey the sunnier.

Warmer Monterrey 5°C on the year
Wetter Quito 2370 mm more a year
Sunnier Monterrey 33 pp less cloud
Colder winters Monterrey 4°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Quito and Monterrey, in everyday terms.

Summers

Monterrey has far hotter summers

Quito: Mild
Monterrey: Very hot

Winters

Quito has milder winters

Quito: Mild
Monterrey: Cool

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Quito: Very wet
Monterrey: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Monterrey is far sunnier

Quito: Often grey
Monterrey: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Monterrey is the warmer of the two — about 5°C on the annual average.

0°10°20°30°40°50° JanAprJulOct QuitoMonterrey

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 2370 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 0170340 JanAprJulOct QuitoMonterrey

Clear skies

Monterrey has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct QuitoMonterrey

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) Monterrey runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito222222232324242525232322
Monterrey222528313436363632292522
Difference—+3+6+9+11+12+12+11+8+6+2—
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito222222232324
Monterrey222528313436
Difference—+3+6+9+11+12
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito242525232322
Monterrey363632292522
Difference+12+11+8+6+2—
Avg low (°C) Monterrey runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito141414141413121213131313
Monterrey101215182123232422181410
Difference-4-2+1+4+7+10+11+12+9+5+1-3
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito141414141413
Monterrey101215182123
Difference-4-2+1+4+7+10
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito121213131313
Monterrey232422181410
Difference+11+12+9+5+1-3
Precipitation (mm) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito294281334329270166126129219286303309
Monterrey2016273558607469198623621
Difference-275-265-306-294-212-107-53-59-21-223-267-288
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito294281334329270166
Monterrey201627355860
Difference-275-265-306-294-212-107
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito126129219286303309
Monterrey7469198623621
Difference-53-59-21-223-267-288
Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito818488858175727175818181
Monterrey494747494947494653414047
Difference-32-38-41-35-32-28-23-25-22-40-41-34
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito818488858175
Monterrey494747494947
Difference-32-38-41-35-32-28
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito727175818181
Monterrey494653414047
Difference-23-25-22-40-41-34
Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito868787868481787576808284
Monterrey575451485457585969676359
Difference-29-33-36-38-30-23-20-16-7-13-18-25
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Quito868787868481
Monterrey575451485457
Difference-29-33-36-38-30-23
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Quito787576808284
Monterrey585969676359
Difference-20-16-7-13-18-25

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. Quito trends → · Monterrey trends →

Methodology & sources

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.

Monterrey

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Monterrey (obs), 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.

How we build these numbers →

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