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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • families

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. Tirana 46, Toulouse 10: Tirana leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana 42, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, Toulouse 56: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana 62, Toulouse 58: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Tirana 64, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, Toulouse 46: Tirana leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana and Toulouse are level on 27.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Tirana
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

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. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaToulouse
Official languageAlbanianFrench
CurrencyLek (ALL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation110 m115 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaToulouse
City population389,323514,819
People per km²9,3144,352
Museums within 10 km1124
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.