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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Oslo for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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. Alta, Utah 3, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Oslo 82: Alta, Utah leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Oslo 14: Alta, Utah leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Oslo.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahOslo
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2,610 m23 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahOslo
City population228717,710
People per km²19-
Museums within 10 km060
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.