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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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. Bilbao 45, Toronto 34: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Toronto 70: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Toronto 50: Bilbao leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Toronto 52: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Toronto 50: Bilbao leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Toronto 65: Bilbao leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Toronto 34: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao and Toronto are level on 33.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Toronto.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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BilbaoToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoToronto
Official languageSpanishFrench, 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
Elevation19 m76 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoToronto
City population351,1242,794,356
People per km²8,4404,434
Museums within 10 km1732
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month1 month

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. 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.