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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

New York 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 New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Toledo for

  • prices
  • day trips

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. New York 50, Toledo 5: New York leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. New York 92, Toledo 40: New York leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, Toledo 79: New York leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, Toledo 22: New York leads by 75 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York 55, Toledo 40: New York leads by 15 points.
Day trips. New York 68, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Good for families. New York 70, Toledo 45: New York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. New York 82, Toledo 64: New York leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, Toledo 32: New York leads by 65 points.
Affordability. New York 12, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, Toledo 22: New York leads by 77 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York 42, Toledo 30: New York leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New York and Toledo.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °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. New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew YorkToledo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation25 m523 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkToledo
City population8,804,19087,216
People per km²7,256376
Museums within 10 km15713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.