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The Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
EdinburghThe Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Edinburgh by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh for

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

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Edinburgh 22, Toulouse 10: Edinburgh leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Edinburgh 53, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Edinburgh 75, Toulouse 64: Edinburgh leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Edinburgh 50, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Edinburgh 75, Toulouse 58: Edinburgh leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Edinburgh 75, Toulouse 72: Edinburgh leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Edinburgh and Toulouse are level on 62.
Getting around. Edinburgh 74, Toulouse 70: Edinburgh leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Edinburgh and Toulouse are level on 50.
Affordability. Edinburgh 30, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Edinburgh 72, Toulouse 58: Edinburgh leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Edinburgh 34, Toulouse 27: Edinburgh leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Edinburgh and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Edinburgh
Best match
56match

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

Toulouse
53match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Edinburgh in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
17 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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Where the figures come from

Edinburgh has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Edinburgh's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Leuchars.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Edinburgh: 1991-2020 normals, Edinburgh Airport (10 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEdinburghToulouse
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation47 m115 m
Main airportEdinburgh Airport (EDI)11 km from centre163 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureEdinburghToulouse
City population488,050514,819
People per km²1,8844,352
Museums within 10 km3224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.