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The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Toulouse or Zadar?

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

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

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Toulouse 66, Zadar 45: Toulouse leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Toulouse 64, Zadar 55: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Toulouse 56, Zadar 38: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toulouse 58, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Toulouse 72, Zadar 70: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Toulouse 62, Zadar 55: Toulouse leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Toulouse 70, Zadar 58: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Toulouse 50, Zadar 27: Toulouse leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Toulouse 46, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toulouse 58, Zadar 28: Toulouse leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toulouse 27, Zadar 35: Zadar leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toulouse and Zadar.

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 live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToulouseZadar
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation115 m5 m
Main airportToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureToulouseZadar
City population514,81970,779
People per km²4,352-
Museums within 10 km241
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.