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The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Toulouse or Venice?

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
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Venice for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Venice leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Toulouse 66, Venice 60: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Toulouse 64, Venice 94: Venice leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Toulouse 56, Venice 27: Toulouse leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toulouse 58, Venice 45: Toulouse leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Toulouse 72, Venice 86: Venice leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Toulouse 62, Venice 45: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Toulouse 70, Venice 68: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Toulouse 50, Venice 57: Venice leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Toulouse 46, Venice 20: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toulouse 58, Venice 62: Venice leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toulouse 27, Venice 40: Venice leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toulouse and Venice.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Toulouse
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Venice
55match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToulouseVenice
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 m2 m
Main airportToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureToulouseVenice
City population514,819250,369
People per km²4,352602
Museums within 10 km2452
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.