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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Oaxaca and Toledo are level on 5.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Toledo 40: Oaxaca leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Toledo 22: Oaxaca leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca 62, Toledo 40: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Toledo 45: Toledo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Toledo 32: Oaxaca leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Toledo 58: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Toledo 22: Oaxaca leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Toledo 30: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Toledo.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OaxacaToledo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaToledo
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaSpanish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,555 m523 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaToledo
City population258,91387,216
People per km²3,028376
Museums within 10 km1013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.