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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Toledo?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Adelaide’s own page.

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Adelaide 68, Toledo 5: Adelaide leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Toledo 40: Adelaide leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Toledo 22: Adelaide leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Toledo 40: Adelaide leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Toledo 45: Adelaide leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Toledo 32: Adelaide leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Toledo 22: Adelaide leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Toledo 30: Adelaide leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Toledo.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideToledo
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m523 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideToledo
City population1,387,29087,216
People per km²1,071376
Museums within 10 km1313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.