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Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Toledo 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 Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Toulouse for

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

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. Toledo 5, Toulouse 10: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Toledo 40, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Toledo 79, Toulouse 64: Toledo leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Toledo 22, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toledo 40, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Toledo 78, Toulouse 72: Toledo leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Toledo 45, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Toledo 64, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Toledo 32, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Toledo 58, Toulouse 46: Toledo leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toledo 22, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toledo 30, Toulouse 27: Toledo leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toledo and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ToledoToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToledoToulouse
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation523 m115 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureToledoToulouse
City population87,216514,819
People per km²3764,352
Museums within 10 km1324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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. 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.