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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Luxor or Toledo?

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 Luxor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Toledo for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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. Luxor 6, Toledo 5: Luxor leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Toledo 40: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Toledo 79: Luxor leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Toledo 22: Toledo leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Toledo 40: Toledo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Toledo 45: Toledo leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Toledo 32: Toledo leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Toledo 58: Luxor leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Toledo 22: Toledo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Toledo 30: Toledo leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Toledo.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toledo
Best match
43match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
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

Luxor 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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorToledo
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation89 m523 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorToledo
City population202,23287,216
People per km²486376
Museums within 10 km413
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). 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. 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. 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.