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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
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Adelaide or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Adelaide leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Toulouse 66: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Toulouse 58: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Toulouse 62: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Toulouse 58: Adelaide leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Toulouse 27: Adelaide leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Toulouse.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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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AdelaideToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideToulouse
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m115 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideToulouse
City population1,387,290514,819
People per km²1,0714,352
Museums within 10 km1324
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.