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The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Reykjavik or Toronto?

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 Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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. Reykjavik 12, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Reykjavik 42, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Reykjavik 25, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Reykjavik 45, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Reykjavik 92, Toronto 52: Reykjavik leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Reykjavik 35, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Reykjavik 55, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Reykjavik 55, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Reykjavik 25, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Reykjavik 6, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Reykjavik 45, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Reykjavik 88, Toronto 33: Reykjavik leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Reykjavik and Toronto.

Your match

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

Reykjavik
44match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ReykjavikToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureReykjavikToronto
Official languageIcelandicFrench, English
CurrencyIceland Krona (ISK)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTCUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation8 m76 m
Main airportKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureReykjavikToronto
City population138,7722,794,356
People per km²5694,434
Museums within 10 km2332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.