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The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Toulouse or Tunis?

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

  • families
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Toulouse 66, Tunis 60: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Toulouse 64, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Toulouse 56, Tunis 33: Toulouse leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toulouse 58, Tunis 45: Toulouse leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Toulouse 72, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Toulouse 62, Tunis 38: Toulouse leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Toulouse 70, Tunis 48: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Toulouse and Tunis are level on 50.
Affordability. Toulouse 46, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toulouse 58, Tunis 38: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toulouse 27, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toulouse and Tunis.

Your match

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

Toulouse
53match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToulouseTunis
Official languageFrenchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation115 m4 m
Main airportToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureToulouseTunis
City population514,819602,560
People per km²4,3522,834
Museums within 10 km2416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.