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The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Santiago 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 Santiago for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • families

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. Santiago 12, Toulouse 10: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Santiago 60, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago 52, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Santiago 60, Toulouse 56: Santiago leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago 83, Toulouse 58: Santiago leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Santiago 70, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Santiago 57, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Santiago 68, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago 52, Toulouse 50: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Santiago 58, Toulouse 46: Santiago leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago 55, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago 37, Toulouse 27: Santiago leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Santiago
55match

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

Toulouse
53match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SantiagoToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiagoToulouse
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyChilean Peso (CLP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCL220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132112
Elevation575 m115 m
Main airportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiagoToulouse
City population6,257,516514,819
People per km²7,4684,352
Museums within 10 km5424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.