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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

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. Tirana 46, Toronto 34: Tirana leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana 42, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana 62, Toronto 52: Tirana leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Tirana 64, Toronto 50: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, Toronto 34: Tirana leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 27, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and Toronto.

Your match

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

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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

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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TiranaToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaToronto
Official languageAlbanianFrench, English
CurrencyLek (ALL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation110 m76 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaToronto
City population389,3232,794,356
People per km²9,3144,434
Museums within 10 km1132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months1 month

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). 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.