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Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nashville 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 Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • 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. Nashville 14, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Nashville 62, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Nashville and Toronto are level on 50.
Nightlife. Nashville 70, Toronto 62: Nashville leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nashville 46, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Nashville 52, Toronto 50: Nashville leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Nashville 55, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Nashville 30, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Nashville 42, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Nashville 30, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nashville 82, Toronto 72: Nashville leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nashville 20, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nashville and Toronto.

Your match

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

Nashville
46match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
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. Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNashvilleToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation182 m76 m
Main airportNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNashvilleToronto
City population689,4472,794,356
People per km²5064,434
Museums within 10 km1232
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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.