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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Bucharest 8, Toulouse 10: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Toulouse 56: Bucharest leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, Toulouse 46: Bucharest leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Toulouse 58: Bucharest leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Toulouse 27: Bucharest leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bucharest
51match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on day trips 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.

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestToulouse
Official languageRomanianFrench
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)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
Elevation70 m115 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestToulouse
City population1,716,961514,819
People per km²7,5974,352
Museums within 10 km4124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.