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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Miami 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 Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Miami 90, Toronto 34: Miami leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Toronto 70: Miami leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Toronto 50: Miami leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Toronto 62: Miami leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Toronto 52: Miami leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Toronto 66: Miami leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Toronto 33: Miami leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Toronto.

Your match

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

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
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. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2 m76 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiToronto
City population442,2412,794,356
People per km²3,0464,434
Museums within 10 km1732
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.