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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Hamburg 28, Toulouse 10: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Toulouse 56: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Toulouse 62: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Toulouse 70: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Toulouse 50: Hamburg leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Toulouse 58: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Toulouse 27: Hamburg leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Toulouse.

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.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on food and drink and prices 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

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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HamburgToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgToulouse
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
Elevation6 m115 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgToulouse
City population1,869,473514,819
People per km²2,4764,352
Museums within 10 km7724
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.