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Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Penang 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 Penang for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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. Penang 44, Toulouse 10: Penang leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Penang 86, Toulouse 66: Penang leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Penang 70, Toulouse 64: Penang leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Penang 40, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Penang 55, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Penang 42, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Penang 52, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Penang 40, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Penang 42, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Penang 78, Toulouse 46: Penang leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Penang 30, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Penang 42, Toulouse 27: Penang leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Penang and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Penang
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

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.

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 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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PenangToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePenangToulouse
Official languageMalayFrench
CurrencyMalaysian Ringgit (MYR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation4 m115 m
Main airportPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePenangToulouse
City population794,313514,819
People per km²-4,352
Museums within 10 km924
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.