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The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Toulouse or Turin?

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

  • nightlife
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Turin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Turin leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Toulouse 66, Turin 81: Turin leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Toulouse 64, Turin 78: Turin leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Toulouse 56, Turin 50: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toulouse 58, Turin 80: Turin leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Toulouse 72, Turin 84: Turin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Toulouse 62, Turin 57: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Toulouse 70, Turin 68: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Toulouse 50, Turin 58: Turin leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Toulouse 46, Turin 58: Turin leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toulouse 58, Turin 65: Turin leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toulouse 27, Turin 40: Turin leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toulouse and Turin.

Your match

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

Toulouse
53match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink 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
15 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Turin 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. Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToulouseTurin
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation115 m239 m
Main airportToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureToulouseTurin
City population514,819841,600
People per km²4,3526,474
Museums within 10 km2472
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.