The climate of Quito
Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean. Dry, warm summers and mild, wetter winters. Like the hot-summer Mediterranean climate, but summers are a little cooler, often because of cool ocean currents or altitude.
The 1901 to 1930 map puts Quito in the same zone, Csb.
Quito: then, now and by 2100
| Map | Climate zone | Compared with now |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1930 | Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean | Same as now |
| 1991 to 2020 (now) | Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean | - |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) | Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean | Same as now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP2-4.5 (middle of the road) | Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean | Same as now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP5-8.5 (high emissions) | Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean | Same as now |
The 2071 to 2099 rows are model projections under three emissions scenarios, not forecasts. The 1901 to 1930 row is a reconstruction. All come from Beck et al. (2023).
Under the middle-of-the-road scenario (SSP2-4.5), the model keeps Quito in Csb in 2071 to 2099. The high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5) gives the same answer.
Cities with the same climate as Quito
Other big cities that are Csb (warm-summer mediterranean) in 1991 to 2020, at most two per country:
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Adelaide, Australia
- San Jose, United States
- San Francisco, United States
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Population of Quito from GeoNames: 2,781,641 (rank 142 in our list of 1,000). Climate data: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0. Data sources and licences.