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The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Shanghai 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 Shanghai for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toledo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Shanghai 10, Toledo 5: Shanghai leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Shanghai 88, Toledo 40: Shanghai leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Shanghai 72, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Shanghai 80, Toledo 22: Shanghai leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Shanghai 25, Toledo 40: Toledo leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Shanghai 90, Toledo 78: Shanghai leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Shanghai 80, Toledo 45: Shanghai leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Shanghai 85, Toledo 64: Shanghai leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Shanghai 82, Toledo 32: Shanghai leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Shanghai 55, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Shanghai 66, Toledo 22: Shanghai leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Shanghai 55, Toledo 30: Shanghai leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Shanghai and Toledo.

Your match

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

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 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. Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureShanghaiToledo
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation4 m523 m
Main airportShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureShanghaiToledo
City population24,870,89587,216
People per km²3,922376
Museums within 10 km4513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.