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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Muscat or Toulouse?

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 Muscat for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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. Muscat 72, Toulouse 10: Muscat leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Toulouse 58: Muscat leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Toulouse 27: Muscat leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around 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.

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatToulouse
Official languageArabicFrench
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number968112
Elevation69 m115 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatToulouse
City population1,421,409514,819
People per km²4064,352
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.