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The Semperoper, Dresden
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Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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. Dresden and Toulouse are level on 10.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Toulouse 64: Dresden leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Toulouse 58: Dresden leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Toulouse 72: Dresden leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Toulouse 70: Dresden leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Toulouse 46: Dresden leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Toulouse 58: Dresden leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Toulouse 27: Dresden leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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DresdenToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenToulouse
Official languageGermanFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation126 m115 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenToulouse
City population562,764514,819
People per km²1,7134,352
Museums within 10 km7024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.