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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 Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

San Juan 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 Juan for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • 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 Juan 84, Toulouse 10: San Juan leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. San Juan and Toulouse are level on 66.
Culture & sights. San Juan and Toulouse are level on 64.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Toulouse 56: San Juan leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Toulouse 58: San Juan leads by 16 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan and Toulouse are level on 50.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Toulouse 27: San Juan leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Toulouse.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

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 JuanToulouse

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

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanToulouse
Official languageSpanish, EnglishFrench
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m115 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanToulouse
City population342,259514,819
People per km²2,8474,352
Museums within 10 km1824
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.