Toulouse
City in France: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Toulouse - View on Saint Sernin: Tonio94 (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Toulouse is a city in France, in Occitanie. About 511,684 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of France in our atlas.
It lies at 43.60° N, 1.44° E, about 150 m (492 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Paris time zone.
Location
Red dot: Toulouse. Green dots: other major cities of France. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Toulouse has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 1°C (34°F). Around 783 mm (31 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in FranceNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Montpellier · 196 km
- Bordeaux · 213 km
- Marseille · 318 km
- Lyon · 363 km
- Nantes · 468 km
- Nice · 468 km
- Rennes · 560 km
- Paris 15 Vaugirard · 585 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2972315 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q7880 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Toulouse - View on Saint Sernin: Tonio94 (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Radar à la Cité de l'Espace: Celeda, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Musée des Augustin Clocher: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Envol des pionniers: Frédéric Neupont, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Le Pont-Neuf de Toulouse: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Musée Georges Labit - Façade arrière: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ancienne porte du Capitole (Toulouse): Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Les abattoirs - Musée d'art moderne de Toulouse: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ponts-Jumeaux Toulouse: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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