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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Charleston 72, Toronto 34: Charleston leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Toronto 70: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Toronto 50: Charleston leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Toronto 52: Charleston leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Toronto 50: Charleston leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Toronto 33: Charleston leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston 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

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CharlestonToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation6 m76 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonToronto
City population150,2272,794,356
People per km²5324,434
Museums within 10 km1932
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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.