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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Toronto?

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 Amsterdam for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Toronto for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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. Amsterdam 25, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Toronto 50: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Toronto 62: Amsterdam leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Toronto 50: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Toronto 65: Amsterdam leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Toronto 66: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Toronto 72: Amsterdam leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Toronto 33: Amsterdam leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Toronto.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

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

Toronto
55match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
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

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamToronto
Official languageDutchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m76 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamToronto
City population921,4682,794,356
People per km²4,2084,434
Museums within 10 km10132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.