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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Scottsdale 8, Toulouse 10: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Toulouse 58: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Toulouse 50: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Toulouse 27: Scottsdale leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Toulouse.

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.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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 recordsunshine a day
14 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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ScottsdaleToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation380 m115 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleToulouse
City population241,361514,819
People per km²-4,352
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.