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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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. Atlanta 10, Tromso 8: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Tromso 36: Atlanta leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Tromso 27: Atlanta leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Tromso 38: Atlanta leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Tromso 14: Atlanta leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Tromso 45: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Tromso 15: Atlanta leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Tromso 11: Atlanta leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Tromso 32: Atlanta leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Tromso.

Your match

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

Atlanta
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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Where the figures come from

Atlanta has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaTromso
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation225 m20 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaTromso
City population498,71579,943
People per km²1,43332
Museums within 10 km278
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.