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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Alicante 82, Tromso 8: Alicante leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Tromso 36: Alicante leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Tromso 27: Alicante leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Tromso 38: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Tromso 14: Alicante leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Tromso 45: Alicante leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Tromso 60: Alicante leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Tromso 15: Alicante leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Tromso 11: Alicante leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Tromso 32: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Tromso 38: Alicante leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Tromso.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

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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AlicanteTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteTromso
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 m20 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteTromso
City population366,22179,943
People per km²1,81932
Museums within 10 km88
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.