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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Austin 30, Toulouse 10: Austin leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Austin and Toulouse are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Toulouse 56: Austin leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Toulouse 58: Austin leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Toulouse 27: Austin leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AustinToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m115 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinToulouse
City population961,855514,819
People per km²1,2174,352
Museums within 10 km2124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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