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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Portland 20, Toulouse 10: Portland leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Toulouse 66: Portland leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Toulouse 58: Portland leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Toulouse 50: Portland leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Toulouse 27: Portland leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland 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

Portland
52match

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

Toulouse
53match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 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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PortlandToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m115 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandToulouse
City population652,503514,819
People per km²1,7364,352
Museums within 10 km1724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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.