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The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Toulouse or York?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: York leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Toulouse 66, York 42: Toulouse leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Toulouse 64, York 70: York leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Toulouse 56, York 36: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toulouse 58, York 62: York leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Toulouse 72, York 80: York leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Toulouse 62, York 60: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Toulouse 70, York 72: York leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Toulouse 50, York 46: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Toulouse 46, York 38: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toulouse 58, York 38: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toulouse 27, York 34: York leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toulouse and York.

Your match

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

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on day trips 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToulouseYork
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation115 m25 m
Main airportToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureToulouseYork
City population514,819208,400
People per km²4,352766
Museums within 10 km2424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.