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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

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

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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. Nairobi 4, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Toronto 52: Nairobi leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Toronto 34: Nairobi leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Toronto.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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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NairobiToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiToronto
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
Elevation1,661 m76 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiToronto
City population5,545,0002,794,356
People per km²7,9674,434
Museums within 10 km432
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.