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The Petronas Twin Towers from KLCC Park, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala LumpurThe Petronas Twin Towers from KLCC Park
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Kuala Lumpur by Brownc, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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. Kuala Lumpur 12, Toulouse 10: Kuala Lumpur leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Kuala Lumpur 82, Toulouse 66: Kuala Lumpur leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Kuala Lumpur 57, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Kuala Lumpur 54, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kuala Lumpur 47, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Kuala Lumpur 52, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Kuala Lumpur 64, Toulouse 62: Kuala Lumpur leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Kuala Lumpur 57, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Kuala Lumpur 66, Toulouse 50: Kuala Lumpur leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Kuala Lumpur 75, Toulouse 46: Kuala Lumpur leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kuala Lumpur 42, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kuala Lumpur 44, Toulouse 27: Kuala Lumpur leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kuala Lumpur 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

Kuala Lumpur
54match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kuala Lumpur in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
139 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 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

Kuala Lumpur's temperatures are measured 46 km from the centre, at Sepang/KL International Airport.

Kuala Lumpur 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. Kuala Lumpur: 1991-2020 normals, Sepang/KL International Airport (46.1 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKuala LumpurToulouse
Official languageMalayFrench
CurrencyMalaysian Ringgit (MYR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation50 m115 m
Main airportKuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)45 km from centre146 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKuala LumpurToulouse
City population9,000,280514,819
People per km²36,9324,352
Museums within 10 km2524
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.