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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Toulouse for

Toulouse does not lead in any category we score.

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. Tokyo 40, Toulouse 10: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Toulouse 66: Tokyo leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Toulouse 64: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Toulouse 56: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Toulouse 58: Tokyo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Toulouse 72: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Toulouse 62: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Toulouse 70: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Toulouse 50: Tokyo leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Toulouse 46: Tokyo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Toulouse 58: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Toulouse 27: Tokyo leads by 51 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoToulouse
Official languageJapaneseFrench
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation6 m115 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoToulouse
City population14,264,798514,819
People per km²6,5014,352
Museums within 10 km19224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.