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Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Ottawa 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 Ottawa for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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. Ottawa 35, Toulouse 10: Ottawa leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Ottawa 45, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Ottawa 62, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Ottawa 35, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ottawa 68, Toulouse 58: Ottawa leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Ottawa 55, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Ottawa 68, Toulouse 62: Ottawa leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Ottawa 62, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Ottawa 40, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Ottawa 40, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ottawa 52, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ottawa 55, Toulouse 27: Ottawa leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ottawa and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Ottawa
51match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OttawaToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOttawaToulouse
Official languageFrench, EnglishFrench
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation70 m115 m
Main airportOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOttawaToulouse
City population1,017,449514,819
People per km²3664,352
Museums within 10 km2024
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.