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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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. Scottsdale 8, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Toronto 52: Scottsdale leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale and Toronto are level on 50.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Toronto 33: Scottsdale leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Toronto.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

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

Toronto
Best match
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.

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ScottsdaleToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation380 m76 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleToronto
City population241,3612,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km1032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.