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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Toledo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Salzburg 35, Toledo 5: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Toledo 40: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Toledo 22: Salzburg leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Toledo 40: Salzburg leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Toledo 78: Salzburg leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Toledo 45: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Toledo 64: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Toledo 32: Salzburg leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Toledo 22: Salzburg leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Toledo 30: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Toledo.

Your match

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

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on prices 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.

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgToledo
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation424 m523 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgToledo
City population155,02187,216
People per km²2,360376
Museums within 10 km3813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.