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The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Denver 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 Denver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Denver 5, Toulouse 10: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Denver 54, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Denver 44, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Denver 47, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Denver 84, Toulouse 58: Denver leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Denver 57, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Denver 67, Toulouse 62: Denver leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Denver 40, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Denver 44, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Denver 36, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Denver 66, Toulouse 58: Denver leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Denver 40, Toulouse 27: Denver leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Denver and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Denver
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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DenverToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDenverToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,609 m115 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDenverToulouse
City population715,522514,819
People per km²1,7834,352
Museums within 10 km2624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.