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The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

San Francisco 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 San Francisco for

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

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • 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. San Francisco 25, Toulouse 10: San Francisco leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. San Francisco 82, Toulouse 66: San Francisco leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. San Francisco 68, Toulouse 64: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. San Francisco 58, Toulouse 56: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Francisco 80, Toulouse 58: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Day trips. San Francisco and Toulouse are level on 72.
Good for families. San Francisco 66, Toulouse 62: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Getting around. San Francisco and Toulouse are level on 70.
Shopping & style. San Francisco 58, Toulouse 50: San Francisco leads by 8 points.
Affordability. San Francisco 14, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Francisco 76, Toulouse 58: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Francisco 42, Toulouse 27: San Francisco leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Francisco and Toulouse.

Your match

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

San Francisco
Best match
59match

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

Toulouse
53match

Wins on prices 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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 FranciscoToulouse

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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan FranciscoToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation16 m115 m
Main airportSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan FranciscoToulouse
City population873,965514,819
People per km²1,4554,352
Museums within 10 km5124
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.