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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tallinn or Toronto?

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 Tallinn for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Toronto for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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. Tallinn 28, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn 68, Toronto 50: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Toronto 52: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Toronto 50: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Toronto 65: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Toronto 34: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn 50, Toronto 33: Tallinn leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Toronto.

Your match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
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. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnToronto
Official languageEstonianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation28 m76 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTallinnToronto
City population457,5722,794,356
People per km²2,8714,434
Museums within 10 km1632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.