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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

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. Mendoza 6, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Toronto 52: Mendoza leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Toronto 50: Mendoza leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Toronto 34: Mendoza leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Toronto 33: Mendoza leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Toronto.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaToronto
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation769 m76 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaToronto
City population127,1602,794,356
People per km²2,3554,434
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.