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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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. Monaco 68, Toledo 5: Monaco leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Toledo 40: Monaco leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Toledo 22: Monaco leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Toledo 40: Monaco leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Toledo 78: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Toledo 45: Monaco leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Toledo 64: Monaco leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Toledo 32: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Toledo 22: Monaco leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Toledo 30: Monaco leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Toledo.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoToledo
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation68 m523 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoToledo
City population38,85787,216
People per km²18,503376
Museums within 10 km1413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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. 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.