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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Seattle or Toledo?

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 Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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. Seattle 30, Toledo 5: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, Toledo 40: Seattle leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Toledo 22: Seattle leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Toledo 40: Seattle leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Toledo 45: Seattle leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Toledo 32: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Toledo 22: Seattle leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, Toledo 30: Seattle leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Toledo.

Your match

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

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on prices 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.

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleToledo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation40 m523 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleToledo
City population737,01587,216
People per km²1,996376
Museums within 10 km2713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.