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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Positano 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 Positano for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Positano 77, Toulouse 10: Positano leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Toulouse 58: Positano leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Toulouse 72: Positano leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Positano 45, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Positano 10, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano 15, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Toulouse 27: Positano leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Positano
42match

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

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoToulouse
Official languageItalianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation142 m115 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePositanoToulouse
City population3,729514,819
People per km²4294,352
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.