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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • families

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. Izmir 62, Toulouse 10: Izmir leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Toulouse 66: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Toulouse 56: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Toulouse 58: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Toulouse 72: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Toulouse 50: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Toulouse 46: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Toulouse 27: Izmir leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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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IzmirToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirToulouse
Official languageTurkishFrench
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m115 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirToulouse
City population4,493,242514,819
People per km²4,7604,352
Museums within 10 km2924
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.