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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • prices

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. Ghent 25, Toulouse 10: Ghent leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Toulouse 64: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Toulouse 72: Ghent leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Toulouse 70: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent and Toulouse are level on 50.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Toulouse 58: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Toulouse 27: Ghent leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Ghent
54match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentToulouse
Official languageFrench, German, DutchFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m115 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentToulouse
City population272,657514,819
People per km²1,7284,352
Museums within 10 km3024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.