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Ecuador / Latin America

Quito City Intelligence

Quito anchors Ecuador's Andean capital with deep cultural heritage, hydropower-led electricity, and high-altitude climate amenity. Quito is a latin america city of about 2.0M metro in Ecuador. On the composite city-intelligence score, Quito sits around the indexed median (70/100).

Last updated
2026-05-10
Data year
2025
Population
2.0M metro

Overall score

Read Quito as a heritage-rich, high-altitude capital where service depth and renewable electricity balance seismic and infrastructure pressures.

Overall70/100
Affordability80/100
Air quality70/100
Energy76/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

70/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Cultural heritage

Globally cited

Heritage and culinary traditions shape urban identity.

Energy mix

Hydropower-led

Hydropower supports a comparatively low-carbon baseline.

Quito data table

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Quito city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score70/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living80/100Quito is comparatively affordable for housing and services across most districts.
Air Quality70/100Quito performs moderately on air-quality benchmarks, with traffic-related pollutants and altitude shaping exposure.
Energy76/100Quito benefits from Ecuador's hydropower-led low-carbon electricity baseline and active grid expansion.
Safety74/100Quito scores moderately on safety with district-level variation and active institutional response.
Internet Speed70/100Quito offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services in covered areas.
Climate Risk66/100Quito carries moderate climate risk centered on seismic exposure and hillside stormwater pressure.
Resilience64/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Emergency and public safety in Quito

Local public safety guidance for Quito, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Quito, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Ecuador emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Quito

Healthcare context for Quito, with national-level information from Ecuador where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Quito, see the Ecuador healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Quito

Local mobility context for Quito, with national-level context from Ecuador where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Quito, see the Ecuador transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

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Air Quality in Quito

Quito performs moderately on air-quality benchmarks, with traffic-related pollutants and altitude shaping exposure.

Energy in Quito

Quito benefits from Ecuador's hydropower-led low-carbon electricity baseline and active grid expansion.

Safety in Quito

Quito scores moderately on safety with district-level variation and active institutional response.

Internet Speed in Quito

Quito offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services in covered areas.

Climate Risk in Quito

Quito carries moderate climate risk centered on seismic exposure and hillside stormwater pressure.

City rankings

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Interpretation

Read Quito as a heritage-rich, high-altitude capital where service depth and renewable electricity balance seismic and infrastructure pressures. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (80/100) and energy (76/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (66/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-10. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Ecuador country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Quito appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.