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The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Toulouse or Victoria Falls?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Toulouse leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Toulouse 66, Victoria Falls 24: Toulouse leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Toulouse 64, Victoria Falls 12: Toulouse leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Toulouse 56, Victoria Falls 8: Toulouse leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toulouse 58, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Toulouse 72, Victoria Falls 22: Toulouse leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Toulouse 62, Victoria Falls 38: Toulouse leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Toulouse 70, Victoria Falls 45: Toulouse leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Toulouse 50, Victoria Falls 18: Toulouse leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Toulouse 46, Victoria Falls 32: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toulouse 58, Victoria Falls 10: Toulouse leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toulouse 27, Victoria Falls 34: Victoria Falls leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toulouse and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Toulouse
Best match
53match

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

Victoria Falls
29match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ToulouseVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToulouseVictoria Falls
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112999
Elevation115 m961 m
Main airportToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureToulouseVictoria Falls
City population514,81933,060
People per km²4,352-
Museums within 10 km242
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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.