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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • families
  • 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. Athens 70, Toulouse 10: Athens leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Toulouse 66: Athens leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Toulouse 64: Athens leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Toulouse 56: Athens leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Toulouse 58: Athens leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Toulouse 72: Athens leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Toulouse 50: Athens leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Toulouse 46: Athens leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Toulouse 58: Athens leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Toulouse 27: Athens leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on families 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.

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 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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AthensToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensToulouse
Official languageGreekFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation74 m115 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensToulouse
City population643,452514,819
People per km²16,4994,352
Museums within 10 km8824
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.