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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Essaouira 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 Essaouira for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Essaouira 47, Toulouse 10: Essaouira leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira 48, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, Toulouse 46: Essaouira leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, Toulouse 27: Essaouira leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Essaouira
45match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips 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.

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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

Essaouira 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEssaouiraToulouse
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightFrench
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation11 m115 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 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

MeasureEssaouiraToulouse
City population82,962514,819
People per km²16,5924,352
Museums within 10 km224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.