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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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. Cartagena 70, Toronto 34: Cartagena leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Toronto 50: Cartagena leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Toronto 62: Cartagena leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Toronto 34: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Toronto 33: Cartagena leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaToronto
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number123911
Elevation2 m76 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaToronto
City population914,5522,794,356
People per km²1,5994,434
Museums within 10 km232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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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). 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.