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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Milan 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 Milan for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Milan 20, Toledo 5: Milan leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Toledo 40: Milan leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Milan 66, Toledo 22: Milan leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Toledo 40: Milan leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Toledo 78: Milan leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Toledo 45: Milan leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Toledo 64: Milan leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Toledo 32: Milan leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Toledo 22: Milan leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan 42, Toledo 30: Milan leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Toledo.

Your match

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

Milan
Best match
65match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on prices 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.

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Milan has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanToledo
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation138 m523 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanToledo
City population1,354,19687,216
People per km²7,453376
Museums within 10 km8813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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). 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.