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The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Toronto 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 Toronto for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Toronto 34, Toulouse 10: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Toronto 70, Toulouse 66: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Toronto 50, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Toronto 62, Toulouse 56: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toronto 52, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Toronto 50, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Toronto 74, Toulouse 62: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Toronto 65, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Toronto 66, Toulouse 50: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Toronto 34, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toronto 72, Toulouse 58: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toronto 33, Toulouse 27: Toronto leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toronto and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Toronto
55match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on day trips 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.

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

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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TorontoToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTorontoToulouse
Official languageFrench, EnglishFrench
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation76 m115 m
Main airportToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTorontoToulouse
City population2,794,356514,819
People per km²4,4344,352
Museums within 10 km3224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.