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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Maastricht 8, Toledo 5: Maastricht leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Toledo 40: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Toledo 22: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Toledo 40: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Toledo 45: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Toledo 64: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Toledo 32: Maastricht leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Toledo 22: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Toledo 30: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Toledo.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on prices 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtToledo
Official languageDutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation49 m523 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtToledo
City population120,22787,216
People per km²2,000376
Museums within 10 km2113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52

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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). 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.