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Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Busan 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 Busan for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

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. Busan 68, Toronto 34: Busan leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Busan 72, Toronto 70: Busan leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Busan 52, Toronto 50: Busan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Busan 60, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Busan 74, Toronto 52: Busan leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Busan 74, Toronto 50: Busan leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Busan 70, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Busan 68, Toronto 65: Busan leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Busan 60, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Busan 56, Toronto 34: Busan leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Busan 42, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Busan 78, Toronto 33: Busan leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Busan and Toronto.

Your match

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

Busan
Best match
65match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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BusanToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBusanToronto
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageFrench, English
CurrencyWon (KRW)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119911
Elevation30 m76 m
Main airportGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBusanToronto
City population3,453,1982,794,356
People per km²4,4864,434
Museums within 10 km732
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 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). 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.