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The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Toulouse or Valparaiso?

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
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Toulouse 66, Valparaiso 50: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Toulouse 64, Valparaiso 62: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Toulouse and Valparaiso are level on 56.
Nature & outdoors. Toulouse 58, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Toulouse 72, Valparaiso 63: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Toulouse 62, Valparaiso 33: Toulouse leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Toulouse 70, Valparaiso 44: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Toulouse 50, Valparaiso 30: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Toulouse 46, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toulouse 58, Valparaiso 38: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toulouse 27, Valparaiso 18: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toulouse and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToulouseValparaiso
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation115 m21 m
Main airportToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureToulouseValparaiso
City population514,819296,655
People per km²4,3526,180
Museums within 10 km2417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.