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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • beaches
  • 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. Beijing 6, Toulouse 10: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Toulouse 66: Beijing leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Toulouse 64: Beijing leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Toulouse 56: Beijing leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Toulouse 58: Beijing leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Toulouse 72: Beijing leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Toulouse 62: Beijing leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Toulouse 50: Beijing leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Toulouse 46: Beijing leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Toulouse 58: Beijing leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Toulouse 27: Beijing leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on beaches 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.

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 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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BeijingToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingToulouse
Official languagePutonghuaFrench
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation43 m115 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingToulouse
City population21,893,095514,819
People per km²1,3344,352
Museums within 10 km8324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62

Where else could you go?

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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.