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The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Toronto or Wellington?

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

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Toronto leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Toronto 70, Wellington 62: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Toronto 50, Wellington 44: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Toronto 62, Wellington 45: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toronto 52, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Toronto 50, Wellington 40: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Toronto 74, Wellington 62: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Toronto 65, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Toronto 66, Wellington 42: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Toronto 34, Wellington 33: Toronto leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toronto 72, Wellington 56: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toronto 33, Wellington 30: Toronto leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toronto and Wellington.

Your match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTorontoWellington
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation76 m0 m
Main airportToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureTorontoWellington
City population2,794,356216,200
People per km²4,434487
Museums within 10 km3212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.