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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

AlUla 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 AlUla for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • 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. AlUla 3, Toledo 5: Toledo leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Toledo 40: Toledo leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Toledo 22: Toledo leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla 72, Toledo 40: AlUla leads by 32 points.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 58 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Toledo 45: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Toledo 32: Toledo leads by 17 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Toledo 22: AlUla leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Toledo 30: AlUla leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Toledo.

Your match

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

AlUla
30match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Toledo
Best match
43match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

AlUla has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaToledo
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 911112
Elevation692 m523 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaToledo
City population32,41387,216
People per km²-376
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.