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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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. Austin 30, Tromso 8: Austin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Tromso 36: Austin leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Tromso 27: Austin leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Tromso 38: Austin leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Tromso 14: Austin leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Tromso 45: Austin leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Tromso 15: Austin leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Tromso 11: Austin leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Tromso 32: Austin leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Tromso 38: Austin leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Tromso.

Your match

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

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinTromso
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation149 m20 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinTromso
City population961,85579,943
People per km²1,21732
Museums within 10 km218
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.