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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Tirana 46, Toledo 5: Tirana leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, Toledo 40: Tirana leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana 42, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, Toledo 22: Tirana leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana 62, Toledo 40: Tirana leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Tirana 64, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, Toledo 45: Toledo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana and Toledo are level on 32.
Affordability. Tirana 76, Toledo 58: Tirana leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, Toledo 22: Tirana leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 27, Toledo 30: Toledo leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and Toledo.

Your match

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

Tirana
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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TiranaToledo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaToledo
Official languageAlbanianSpanish
CurrencyLek (ALL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation110 m523 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaToledo
City population389,32387,216
People per km²9,314376
Museums within 10 km1113
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). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.