Destination brief
Pichincha, Ecuador
Travel Score
75
out of 100
In short
A good time to go.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
No good stretch in this forecast
The best run is Thu Oct 22 and Fri Oct 23, with an average weather score of only 50.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 49/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 85% chance of rain on Oct 24.
US EPA index 1: Good.
No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
WeatherAPI
Quito, PichinchaUpdated 3:15 PM local time
16°C
Light rain shower
Feels like 16°High 22° · Low 10°
Rain now
75%
Rain today
80% chance
Humidity
80%
Wind
7 km/h WNW
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 64 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 71 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
US EPA index
1 / 6
GoodAir quality is good. Enjoy time outdoors.
No known advisory
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
Plugs, power and driving side are shown only where two sources agree (Wikipedia, Mains electricity by country (from the IEC's World Plugs), worldstandards.eu, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Left- and right-hand traffic), checked 2026-10-11. See .
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
3:19 PM
Thursday, October 22
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (2)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 22
22° 10°
Patchy rain nearby · 80% rain
Fri
Oct 23
20° 8°
Light rain shower · 82% rain
Sat
Oct 24
20° 9°
Light rain shower · 85% rain
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisorys (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-06 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 6, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
Spanish is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
Visa and passport rules depend on your nationality: check your government’s travel advice before you book.
Exchange rate
The local currency is your own (USD), so there is nothing to convert.
Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador, and the province of Pichincha.
From Wikipedia (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 4.0
NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: July, August and September. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
21° 13°
Wet
About 143 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
None recorded in our calendar.
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Wet | 22° / 13° | 139 mm | 84 |
| February | Wet | 21° / 13° | 143 mm | 82 |
| March | Wet | 21° / 14° | 176 mm | 79 |
| April | Wet | 22° / 14° | 177 mm | 78 |
| May | Pleasant | 23° / 13° | 122 mm | 87 |
| June | Pleasant | 23° / 12° | 58 mm | 96 |
| July | Pleasant | 24° / 11° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 34 mm |
| 100 |
| August | Pleasant | 24° / 11° | 25 mm | 100 |
|---|
| September | Pleasant | 24° / 12° | 38 mm | 99 |
|---|
| October | Pleasant | 23° / 12° | 76 mm | 94 |
|---|
| November | Pleasant | 22° / 13° | 90 mm | 91 |
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| December | Pleasant | 22° / 13° | 100 mm | 90 |
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GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
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Open briefTowns 25 to 150 km away, the larger ones first, each with its own live conditions. Ranked by conditions, nearness and size. Distances are straight-line, so check the travel time. Places under a travel advisory are left out.