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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
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

San Juan or Toronto?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: San Juan leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, Toronto 50: San Juan leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Toronto 62: San Juan leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Toronto 52: San Juan leads by 22 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Toronto 50: San Juan leads by 2 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Toronto 34: San Juan leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Toronto 33: San Juan leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

San Juan
57match

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

Toronto
55match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
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. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanToronto
Official languageSpanish, EnglishFrench, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m76 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanToronto
City population342,2592,794,356
People per km²2,8474,434
Museums within 10 km1832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.