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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hamburg or Toledo?

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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Toledo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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. Hamburg 28, Toledo 5: Hamburg leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Toledo 40: Hamburg leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Toledo 22: Hamburg leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Toledo 40: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Toledo 45: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Toledo 64: Hamburg leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Toledo 32: Hamburg leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Toledo 22: Hamburg leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Toledo 30: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Toledo.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on prices 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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgToledo
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m523 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgToledo
City population1,869,47387,216
People per km²2,476376
Museums within 10 km7713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

Where else could you go?

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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.