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The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

San Francisco 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 San Francisco for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toledo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. San Francisco 25, Toledo 5: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. San Francisco 82, Toledo 40: San Francisco leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. San Francisco 68, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. San Francisco 58, Toledo 22: San Francisco leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Francisco 80, Toledo 40: San Francisco leads by 40 points.
Day trips. San Francisco 72, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 6 points.
Good for families. San Francisco 66, Toledo 45: San Francisco leads by 21 points.
Getting around. San Francisco 70, Toledo 64: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. San Francisco 58, Toledo 32: San Francisco leads by 26 points.
Affordability. San Francisco 14, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Francisco 76, Toledo 22: San Francisco leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Francisco 42, Toledo 30: San Francisco leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Francisco and Toledo.

Your match

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

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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.

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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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San FranciscoToledo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan FranciscoToledo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation16 m523 m
Main airportSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan FranciscoToledo
City population873,96587,216
People per km²1,455376
Museums within 10 km5113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.