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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Oslo for

  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Alicante 82, Oslo 36: Alicante leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Oslo 55: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Oslo 48: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Oslo 52: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Oslo 63: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Oslo 14: Alicante leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Oslo.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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AlicanteOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteOslo
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation3 m23 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteOslo
City population366,221717,710
People per km²1,819-
Museums within 10 km860
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.