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White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Pensacola 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 Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Pensacola 84, Toledo 5: Pensacola leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Pensacola 45, Toledo 40: Pensacola leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Pensacola 45, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Pensacola 42, Toledo 22: Pensacola leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pensacola 62, Toledo 40: Pensacola leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Pensacola 45, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Pensacola 62, Toledo 45: Pensacola leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Pensacola 18, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Pensacola 28, Toledo 32: Toledo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Pensacola 44, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pensacola 36, Toledo 22: Pensacola leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pensacola and Toledo are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pensacola and Toledo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on getting around and 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.

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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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PensacolaToledo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePensacolaToledo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m523 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePensacolaToledo
City population54,31287,216
People per km²515376
Museums within 10 km513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.