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The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kyoto 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 Kyoto for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • nightlife

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. Kyoto 15, Toulouse 10: Kyoto leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Kyoto 85, Toulouse 66: Kyoto leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Kyoto 96, Toulouse 64: Kyoto leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Kyoto 35, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kyoto 70, Toulouse 58: Kyoto leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Kyoto 96, Toulouse 72: Kyoto leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Kyoto 68, Toulouse 62: Kyoto leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Kyoto 72, Toulouse 70: Kyoto leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Kyoto 72, Toulouse 50: Kyoto leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Kyoto 50, Toulouse 46: Kyoto leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kyoto 60, Toulouse 58: Kyoto leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kyoto 70, Toulouse 27: Kyoto leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kyoto and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKyotoToulouse
Official languageJapaneseFrench
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation51 m115 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKyotoToulouse
City population1,463,723514,819
People per km²1,7684,352
Museums within 10 km7724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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