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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Boston 35, Toulouse 10: Boston leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Toulouse 64: Boston leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Toulouse 58: Boston leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Boston and Toulouse are level on 72.
Good for families. Boston 72, Toulouse 62: Boston leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Boston and Toulouse are level on 70.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Toulouse 50: Boston leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Toulouse 58: Boston leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Toulouse 27: Boston leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

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

Toulouse
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation43 m115 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonToulouse
City population675,647514,819
People per km²2,9104,352
Museums within 10 km5124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.