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Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Colombo 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 Colombo for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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. Colombo 55, Toulouse 10: Colombo leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Colombo and Toulouse are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Colombo 45, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Colombo 35, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Colombo 32, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Colombo 50, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Colombo 35, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Colombo 35, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Colombo 45, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Colombo 78, Toulouse 46: Colombo leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Colombo 30, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Colombo 48, Toulouse 27: Colombo leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Colombo and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Colombo
46match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around 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.

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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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ColomboToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureColomboToulouse
Official languageTamil, SinhalaFrench
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation1 m115 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureColomboToulouse
City population647,557514,819
People per km²17,3614,352
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.