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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Stockholm 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 Stockholm for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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. Stockholm 40, Toulouse 10: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Toulouse 64: Stockholm leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Toulouse 56: Stockholm leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Toulouse 58: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Toulouse 62: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Toulouse 70: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Toulouse 50: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Toulouse 58: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Toulouse 27: Stockholm leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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.

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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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Where the figures come from

Stockholm has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmToulouse
Official languageSwedishFrench
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation22 m115 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmToulouse
City population984,748514,819
People per km²5,2604,352
Museums within 10 km26624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.