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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

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. Mombasa 82, Toronto 34: Mombasa leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Toronto 50: Mombasa leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Toronto 52: Mombasa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Toronto 34: Mombasa leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Toronto 33: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Toronto.

Your match

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

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 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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Where the figures come from

Mombasa 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaToronto
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliFrench, English
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation50 m76 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaToronto
City population1,208,3332,794,356
People per km²4,1004,434
Museums within 10 km032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.