Toledo
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Toledo is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, of which it is also the county seat. It is located at the western end of Lake Erie along the Maumee River. Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in Ohio and 86th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 270,871 at the 2020 census. The Toledo metropolitan area has an estimated 601,000 residents. Toledo also serves as a major trade center for the Midwest; its port is the fifth-busiest on the Great Lakes.
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Why visit
Visit Toledo for museums, galleries, and collections, markets, streets, food, and public squares, landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. Use Toledo to connect cultural institutions with streets, food, public space, and nearby landscape rather than treating each stop separately. A good itinerary should stay selective. For Toledo, choose the anchor first; the cafe, market, church, gallery, or evening event should follow from that location. For Toledo, this usually reveals more than adding one more distant sight. If Toledo has useful day trips or nearby landscape, use them to widen the context rather than to overload the schedule.
When to avoid
Do not assume Toledo can be handled as a simple cluster of adjacent stops. In Toledo, keep the route local once the day begins. When plans change in Toledo, choose something close rather than spending the day in transit. Use Toledo with enough margin for the distance between lodging, transport, and cultural stops.
Summer (June to August)
The warmer period in Toledo generally falls in June through August. Summer light helps in Toledo, though storms, heat, and busy calendars can slow the day. In Toledo, use the longer light carefully rather than filling every hour. A warm-weather route in Toledo needs a rhythm: outdoor stops, interiors, transit breaks, and enough shade.
Winter (December to February)
December through February are the cooler or wetter period in Toledo. Winter in Toledo works best when museums, concerts, cafes, and short walks form the structure. For Toledo, the season works only if the route respects weather, daylight, and transport limits. Toledo can still be rewarding in this period if interiors and compact walks carry the day. Outdoor time in Toledo should stay flexible; check hours and spend on a ride when weather, darkness, or distance would otherwise dominate the plan.
The next week in Toledo
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
23° / 6°
UV Moderate
Sat
Overcast
28° / 11°
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
27° / 15°
3.3 mm
UV High
Mon
Overcast
30° / 19°
UV High
Tue
Showers
30° / 19°
8.2 mm
UV High
Wed
Showers
21° / 13°
6.5 mm
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
33° / -3°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.5h
06:15 – 20:45local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Toledo
4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (TOL) at 24 km.
Getting around Toledo
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
AmtrakGreyhoundToledo Area Regional Transit AuthorityAmtrak Chartered VehicleB MetroUniversity of ToledoFlixbusBarons Bus Lines
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC0, Mark Yuppueying for the City of Toledo.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.