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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Oslo?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Oslo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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. Adelaide 68, Oslo 36: Adelaide leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Oslo 55: Adelaide leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Oslo 52: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Oslo 63: Adelaide leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Oslo 14: Adelaide leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Oslo 62: Adelaide leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Oslo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Adelaide
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Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideOslo
Official languageEnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation1 m23 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideOslo
City population1,387,290717,710
People per km²1,071-
Museums within 10 km1360
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Adelaide or Oslo somewhere new.

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.