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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • 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. Oaxaca 5, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Toronto 70: Oaxaca leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Toronto 50: Oaxaca leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca 62, Toronto 52: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Toronto 50: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Toronto 34: Oaxaca leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Toronto 33: Oaxaca leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on families 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.

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaToronto
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,555 m76 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaToronto
City population258,9132,794,356
People per km²3,0284,434
Museums within 10 km1032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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. 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.