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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Osaka or Toulouse?

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 Osaka for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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. Osaka 34, Toulouse 10: Osaka leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Toulouse 66: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Toulouse 56: Osaka leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka and Toulouse are level on 58.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Toulouse 72: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Toulouse 62: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Toulouse 70: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Toulouse 50: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Toulouse 46: Osaka leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Toulouse 58: Osaka leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Toulouse 27: Osaka leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on 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.

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaToulouse
Official languageJapaneseFrench
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation20 m115 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaToulouse
City population2,751,862514,819
People per km²12,3404,352
Museums within 10 km4424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.