Toluca
Mexico's highest city, with a botanical garden housed inside a wall of stained glass. The Nevado de Toluca crater has two lakes in it and a road most of the way up.
Toluca in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Toluca
Where to stay in Toluca
Toluca in a day, two days, three
Landmarks in Toluca
Calixtlahuaca is a Postclassic period Mesoamerican archaeological site, located near the present-day city of Toluca in the State of Mexico. Known originally as Pintanbati and later "Matlatzinco", this urban settlement was a powerful capital whose kings controlled a large territory in the Toluca Valley.
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Toluca, officially Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 223,876 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Greater Toluca metropolitan area, which with a combined population of 2,347,692 forms the fifth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
HernanLuna · CC BY-SA 3.0
Toluca, officially Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 223,876 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Greater Toluca metropolitan area, which with a combined population of 2,347,692 forms the fifth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
HernanLuna · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Fine Arts Museum of Toluca is a museum located in Toluca, Mexico. It is considered one of the most important museums in the State of Mexico for its architectural heritage. It is also one of the oldest museums in the city of Toluca.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Aug 2025
Octavio Alonso Maya … · CC BY-SA 3.0
Toluca, officially Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 223,876 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Greater Toluca metropolitan area, which with a combined population of 2,347,692 forms the fifth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
HernanLuna · CC BY-SA 3.0
Toluca, officially Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 223,876 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Greater Toluca metropolitan area, which with a combined population of 2,347,692 forms the fifth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
HernanLuna · CC BY-SA 3.0
Calixtlahuaca is a Postclassic period Mesoamerican archaeological site, located near the present-day city of Toluca in the State of Mexico. Known originally as Pintanbati and later "Matlatzinco", this urban settlement was a powerful capital whose kings controlled a large territory in the Toluca Valley.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Arian Zwegers from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY 2.0
Toluca, officially Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 223,876 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Greater Toluca metropolitan area, which with a combined population of 2,347,692 forms the fifth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
HernanLuna · CC BY-SA 3.0
Toluca, officially Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 223,876 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Greater Toluca metropolitan area, which with a combined population of 2,347,692 forms the fifth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
HernanLuna · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Fine Arts Museum of Toluca is a museum located in Toluca, Mexico. It is considered one of the most important museums in the State of Mexico for its architectural heritage. It is also one of the oldest museums in the city of Toluca.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Aug 2025
Octavio Alonso Maya … · CC BY-SA 3.0
Toluca, officially Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 223,876 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Greater Toluca metropolitan area, which with a combined population of 2,347,692 forms the fifth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
HernanLuna · CC BY-SA 3.0
From the airport
When to go to Toluca: Nov or Dec or Mar or Apr
Dry, warm, and the hurricane season is over.
Guides about Toluca
The best time to visit Mexico by region, with the sargassum season forecast as the worst on record, the monarch window and the hurricane months.
Camila Duarte · 4 Sep 2026
Mexico City for remote workers, with the residency threshold that varies by consulate, real Roma and Condesa rents, and the gentrification protests of 2025.
Tobi Adeyemi · 4 Sep 2026
Three days in Mexico City at 2,240 metres, with the Frida Kahlo ticket that needs a week's notice and the Teotihuacan fee that changed in January.
Camila Duarte · 3 Sep 2026
Yes, with the care any large city needs. The neighbourhoods and the hours, the two scams that matter, and the altitude, water and earthquake facts nobody lists.
Camila Duarte · 2 Sep 2026