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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Monaco 68, Toronto 34: Monaco leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Toronto 50: Monaco leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Toronto 52: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Toronto 50: Monaco leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Toronto 65: Monaco leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Toronto 33: Monaco leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Toronto.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

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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MonacoToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoToronto
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m76 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoToronto
City population38,8572,794,356
People per km²18,5034,434
Museums within 10 km1432
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 month

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.