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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • 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. Lisbon 50, Toulouse 10: Lisbon leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Toulouse 66: Lisbon leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Toulouse 64: Lisbon leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Toulouse 56: Lisbon leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Toulouse 58: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Toulouse 72: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Lisbon and Toulouse are level on 62.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Toulouse 50: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Toulouse 46: Lisbon leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Toulouse 58: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Toulouse 27: Lisbon leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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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LisbonToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonToulouse
Official languagePortugueseFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m115 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonToulouse
City population545,796514,819
People per km²5,4534,352
Museums within 10 km8024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.