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The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’s own page.

Choose Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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. Salt Lake City 12, Toulouse 10: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Salt Lake City 40, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Salt Lake City 42, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Salt Lake City 30, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salt Lake City 90, Toulouse 58: Salt Lake City leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Salt Lake City 34, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Salt Lake City 72, Toulouse 62: Salt Lake City leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Salt Lake City 42, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Salt Lake City 36, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Salt Lake City 40, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salt Lake City 55, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salt Lake City 38, Toulouse 27: Salt Lake City leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salt Lake City and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Salt Lake City
44match

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

Toulouse
Best match
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.

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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Salt Lake CityToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalt Lake CityToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,288 m115 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalt Lake CityToulouse
City population199,723514,819
People per km²6904,352
Museums within 10 km1224
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.