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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marseille or Toronto?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Marseille leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Toronto 50: Marseille leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Toronto 52: Marseille leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Toronto 50: Marseille leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Toronto 34: Marseille leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Toronto 33: Marseille leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Toronto.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarseilleToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleToronto
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m76 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleToronto
City population886,0402,794,356
People per km²3,6834,434
Museums within 10 km2732
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months1 month

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.