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Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Toledo or Xi'an?

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

  • beaches

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Toledo leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Toledo 40, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Toledo 79, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Toledo 22, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toledo 40, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Toledo 78, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Toledo 45, Xi'an 48: Xi'an leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Toledo 64, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Toledo 32, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Toledo 58, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toledo 22, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toledo 30, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toledo and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors 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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ToledoXi'an

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToledoXi'an
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation523 m405 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureToledoXi'an
City population87,21612,952,907
People per km²3761,283
Museums within 10 km139
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. 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.