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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Oslo for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • beaches

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. Belfast 20, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Oslo 48: Belfast leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Oslo 52: Belfast leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Oslo 14: Belfast leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Oslo.

Your match

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

Belfast
51match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness 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.

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastOslo
Official languageEnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation3 m23 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastOslo
City population345,006717,710
People per km²3,000-
Museums within 10 km860
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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.