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The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Toulouse or Tromso?

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 Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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. Toulouse 10, Tromso 8: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Toulouse 66, Tromso 36: Toulouse leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Toulouse 64, Tromso 27: Toulouse leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Toulouse 56, Tromso 38: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toulouse 58, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Toulouse 72, Tromso 14: Toulouse leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Toulouse 62, Tromso 45: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Toulouse 70, Tromso 60: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Toulouse 50, Tromso 15: Toulouse leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Toulouse 46, Tromso 11: Toulouse leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toulouse 58, Tromso 32: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toulouse 27, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toulouse and Tromso.

Your match

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

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ToulouseTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToulouseTromso
Official languageFrenchNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation115 m20 m
Main airportToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureToulouseTromso
City population514,81979,943
People per km²4,35232
Museums within 10 km248
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.