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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. Alicante 82, Toulouse 10: Alicante leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Toulouse 66: Alicante leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Toulouse 56: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Toulouse 58: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Alicante and Toulouse are level on 72.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Toulouse 62: Alicante leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Toulouse 46: Alicante leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Toulouse 27: Alicante leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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AlicanteToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteToulouse
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m115 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteToulouse
City population366,221514,819
People per km²1,8194,352
Museums within 10 km824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.