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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • 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. Salzburg 35, Toulouse 10: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Toulouse 64: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Toulouse 58: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Toulouse 72: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Toulouse 62: Salzburg leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Toulouse 70: Salzburg leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Toulouse 58: Salzburg leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Toulouse 27: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Salzburg
Best match
58match

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

Toulouse
53match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Salzburg in July

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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgToulouse
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation424 m115 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgToulouse
City population155,021514,819
People per km²2,3604,352
Museums within 10 km3824
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.