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Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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. Newport Beach 70, Toronto 34: Newport Beach leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Newport Beach 50, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Newport Beach 20, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Newport Beach 33, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Newport Beach 66, Toronto 52: Newport Beach leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Newport Beach 70, Toronto 50: Newport Beach leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Newport Beach 80, Toronto 74: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Newport Beach 20, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Newport Beach 62, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Newport Beach 15, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Newport Beach 46, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Newport Beach 44, Toronto 33: Newport Beach leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Newport Beach and Toronto.

Your match

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

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
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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Newport BeachToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNewport BeachToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m76 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNewport BeachToronto
City population85,2392,794,356
People per km²6224,434
Museums within 10 km432
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 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. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.