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The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Shanghai 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 Shanghai for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Shanghai and Toulouse are level on 10.
Food & drink. Shanghai 88, Toulouse 66: Shanghai leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Shanghai 72, Toulouse 64: Shanghai leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Shanghai 80, Toulouse 56: Shanghai leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Shanghai 25, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Shanghai 90, Toulouse 72: Shanghai leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Shanghai 80, Toulouse 62: Shanghai leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Shanghai 85, Toulouse 70: Shanghai leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Shanghai 82, Toulouse 50: Shanghai leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Shanghai 55, Toulouse 46: Shanghai leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Shanghai 66, Toulouse 58: Shanghai leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Shanghai 55, Toulouse 27: Shanghai leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Shanghai and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureShanghaiToulouse
Official languagePutonghuaFrench
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation4 m115 m
Main airportShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureShanghaiToulouse
City population24,870,895514,819
People per km²3,9224,352
Museums within 10 km4524
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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.