Safety Score: 3,3 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Ecuador.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Ecuador. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Quito
Quito in Cantón Quito (Provincia de Pichincha) with it's 1,399,814 citizens is a city in Ecuador. It's the capital of this country.
Local time in Quito is now 05:31 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named America / Guayaquil with an UTC offset of -5 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Quito. The closest airport in Ecuador is Mariscal Sucre International Airport in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Ecuador is Sangay National Park in a distance of 59 mi (or 96 km), East. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ibarra, Latacunga, Ambato and Tena. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 63 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
Evening Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
Night Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 16% |
Air Humidity | 57% |
Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 72% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
17°C (63 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
16°C (61 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
15°C (59 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
BEST WESTERN CPLAZA HOTEL
Patio Andaluz
Casa Gangotena
Posada Mirolindo
Hotel Casa Gardenia
Hotel El Relicario del Carmen
Mia Leticia
Hostal Quito Cultural
Hotel Catedral Internacional
Casa San Marcos
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
TELEFERICO DE QUITO - RUCU PICHINCHA
QUITO - ECUADOR I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)
El Panecillo (Película aérea) Quito-Ecuador
En 1976, el artista español Agustín de la Herrán Matorras fue encargado por la orden religiosa de los Oblatos para construir un monumento de aluminio de 45 metros de altura de una madona...
#streamin Ecuador 19 de marzo en Quito No al regimen politico opresor de este gobierno
streaming Canal independiente de Medios alternativos de comunicación Ecuador 19 de marzo en Quito "No al regimen politico opresor de este gobierno"
Quito Eterno
Quito Eterno es una Organización de la Sociedad Civil que lleva 13 años trabajando sobre temas de patrimonio, memoria, cultura, creando espacios de reflexión en el Centro Histórico de Quito,...
EL MEJOR RECIBIMIENTO EN LA HISTORIA DEL ECUADOR LIGA DE QUITO
FIANLA DE LA RECOPA SUDAMERICANA, FRENTE AL CAMPEON DE LA RECOPA CON EL CAMPEON DE AMERICA 2008 MAS DE 25.000 LUCES Y PIROTECNIA PARA RECIBIR AL MEJOR ...
Deportivo Quito 2 - 0 Defensor Sporting Copa Libertadores 2012
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Xpertowinner/257214957684599 Deportivo Quito derrotó por 2-0 a Defensor Sporting en el duelo que libraron el martes en Quito por la quinta jornada del Grupo...
Barrio La Ronda, Quito
Glimpses of Ecuador: Barrio La Ronda, La Ronda Street in the historical center of Quito, 27 March 2013. Calle La Ronda is one of the best preserved colonial streets of Quito.
Leyendas de Quito - Yavirak
leyenda del Panecillo "Yavitak" - readaptacion en técnica de animación Stop Motion. http://www.behance.net/RaulRamosU Año 2006.
Quito Video
The official video for the city of Quito, produced for the Quito Visitors' Bureau (www.quito.com.ec)
Quito 2023 - Sangre, sangre y más sangre (Making Of)
Clip del "Making Of" de la Nueva Película Ecuatoriana "Quito 2023" Cámara y Edición "Making Of" - Andrea Arizaga Síguenos en: http://quito2023.com http://facebook.com/quito2023...
Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Quito Metro
Quito, officially the Metropolitan District of Quito (Spanish: Distrito Metropolitano de Quito), is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.
El Panecillo
El Panecillo (from Spanish panecillo small piece of bread, diminutive of pan bread) is a 200-metre-high hill of volcanic-origin, with loess soil, located between southern and central Quito. Its peak is at an elevation of 3,016 metres above sea level. The original name used by the aboriginal inhabitants of Quito was Yavirac. According to Juan de Velasco, a Jesuit historian, on top of Yavirac there was a temple which the Indians used to worship the sun.
Cayambe Canton
Cayambe is a canton in the northeast of the province of Pichincha, in northern Ecuador, South America. The canton is named after the Cayambe, a 5,800-meter-high snow-covered stratovolcano in the east of the canton. The main part of the canton occupies the eastern portion of the Pisque river basin and is surrounded by volcanoes. The seat of the canton, also named after the volcano, is Cayambe.
Mejía Canton
Mejía is a canton in the province of Pichincha in northern Ecuador. It is named after Ecuadorian political figure Jose Mejia Lequerica. The canton includes a volcano in the Central Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes called Rumiñahui. The seat of the canton is called Machachi. Machachi is located to the south of the capital of Ecuador, Quito.
Puerto Quito Canton
Puerto Quito is a canton in Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It has only one parish, the urban parish of Puerto Quito, which is also the seat of the canton.
Los Bancos Canton
San Miguel de los Bancos, or simply Los Bancos, is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. The long name of the town refers to dedication of the area to the archangel Michael. Local tradition attributes the "Los Bancos" part of the name to the use of tree trunks as benches at the junction of the through road from Quito to Esmeraldas with the road into the Rio Blanco valley.
Pedro Moncayo Canton
Pedro Moncayo is a canton in the north of the Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The seat of the canton is the city of Tabacundo. The canton is named after politician Pedro Moncayo. The canton is separated by the Mojanda volcano from the canton of Otavalo in the province of Imbabura in the north. It borders the same-province cantons of Cayambe and Quito.
Rumiñahui Canton
Rumiñahui Canton is a canton of Pichincha Province in Ecuador. Rumiñahui Canton's canton seat is Sangolquí. The canton is southeast of Quito Canton.
La Magdalena, Quito
La Magdalena is an electoral parish (parroquia electorale urban) or district of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes.
Church of the Society of Jesus
La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús (English: The Church of the Society of Jesus, known colloquially as La Compañía) is a Jesuit church in the historic center of Quito, Ecuador. It is among the best-known churches in Quito because of its large central nave, which is profusely decorated with gold leaf, gilded plaster and wood carvings.
Church and Convent of St. Francis
The Iglesia y Monasterio de San Francisco, colloquially known as El San Francisco, is a colonial-styled church and monastery located in Quito, Ecuador.
Ecuador Department
Quito Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia. It had borders to: Azuay Department in the South. Guayaquil Department in the West.