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The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Toronto or Zadar?

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

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

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Toronto 70, Zadar 45: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Toronto 50, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Toronto 62, Zadar 38: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toronto 52, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Toronto 50, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Toronto 74, Zadar 55: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Toronto 65, Zadar 58: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Toronto 66, Zadar 27: Toronto leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Toronto 34, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toronto 72, Zadar 28: Toronto leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toronto 33, Zadar 35: Zadar leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toronto and Zadar.

Your match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

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

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TorontoZadar

Where the figures come from

Zadar has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTorontoZadar
Official languageFrench, EnglishCroatian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation76 m5 m
Main airportToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTorontoZadar
City population2,794,35670,779
People per km²4,434-
Museums within 10 km321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.