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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

San Juan 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 Juan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

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 Juan 84, Toledo 5: San Juan leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Toledo 40: San Juan leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Toledo 22: San Juan leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Toledo 40: San Juan leads by 34 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 26 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Toledo 45: San Juan leads by 13 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Toledo 32: San Juan leads by 18 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Toledo 22: San Juan leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Toledo 30: San Juan leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Toledo.

Your match

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

San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

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.

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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 JuanToledo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanToledo
Official languageSpanish, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m523 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanToledo
City population342,25987,216
People per km²2,847376
Museums within 10 km1813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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.