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Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ottawa 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 Ottawa for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • 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. Ottawa 35, Toledo 5: Ottawa leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Ottawa 45, Toledo 40: Ottawa leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Ottawa 62, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Ottawa 35, Toledo 22: Ottawa leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ottawa 68, Toledo 40: Ottawa leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Ottawa 55, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Ottawa 68, Toledo 45: Ottawa leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Ottawa 62, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Ottawa 40, Toledo 32: Ottawa leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Ottawa 40, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ottawa 52, Toledo 22: Ottawa leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ottawa 55, Toledo 30: Ottawa leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ottawa and Toledo.

Your match

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

Ottawa
Best match
51match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOttawaToledo
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)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
Elevation70 m523 m
Main airportOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOttawaToledo
City population1,017,44987,216
People per km²366376
Museums within 10 km2013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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.