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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Beijing 6, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Tromso 36: Beijing leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Tromso 27: Beijing leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Tromso 38: Beijing leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Tromso 14: Beijing leads by 71 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Tromso 45: Beijing leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Tromso 60: Beijing leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Tromso 15: Beijing leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Tromso 11: Beijing leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Tromso 32: Beijing leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Tromso 38: Beijing leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Tromso.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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BeijingTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingTromso
Official languagePutonghuaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation43 m20 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingTromso
City population21,893,09579,943
People per km²1,33432
Museums within 10 km838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
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.