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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Montpellier 64, Toledo 5: Montpellier leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Toledo 40: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Toledo 22: Montpellier leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Toledo 40: Montpellier leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Toledo 78: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Toledo 45: Montpellier leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Toledo 64: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Toledo 32: Montpellier leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Toledo 22: Montpellier leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Toledo 30: Montpellier leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Toledo.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °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. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierToledo
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m523 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierToledo
City population310,24087,216
People per km²5,452376
Museums within 10 km1413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months-

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.