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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Seattle 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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Seattle 30, Toulouse 10: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Seattle and Toulouse are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Toulouse 58: Seattle leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Toulouse 62: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Toulouse 50: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Toulouse 58: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, Toulouse 27: Seattle leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Seattle
54match

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

Toulouse
53match

Wins on prices 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.

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

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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SeattleToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation40 m115 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleToulouse
City population737,015514,819
People per km²1,9964,352
Museums within 10 km2724
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.