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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 Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Adelaide leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Tromso 36: Adelaide leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Tromso 27: Adelaide leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Tromso 38: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Tromso 14: Adelaide leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Tromso 45: Adelaide leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Tromso 15: Adelaide leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Tromso 11: Adelaide leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Tromso 32: Adelaide leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Tromso 38: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Tromso.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideTromso
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 m20 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideTromso
City population1,387,29079,943
People per km²1,07132
Museums within 10 km138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.