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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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. Manchester 9, Toulouse 10: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Toulouse 56: Manchester leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Toulouse 58: Manchester leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Toulouse 72: Manchester leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Toulouse 50: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Toulouse 58: Manchester leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Toulouse 27: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester 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

Manchester
54match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterToulouse
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation38 m115 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterToulouse
City population547,627514,819
People per km²4,7374,352
Museums within 10 km2824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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). 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.