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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

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. Marseille 72, Toledo 5: Marseille leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Toledo 40: Marseille leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Toledo 22: Marseille leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Toledo 40: Marseille leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Toledo 78: Marseille leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Toledo 45: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Toledo 32: Marseille leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Toledo 22: Marseille leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Toledo 30: Marseille leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Toledo.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleToledo
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m523 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleToledo
City population886,04087,216
People per km²3,683376
Museums within 10 km2713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months-

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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.