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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Belfast 20, Tromso 8: Belfast leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Tromso 36: Belfast leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Tromso 27: Belfast leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Tromso 38: Belfast leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Tromso 14: Belfast leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Tromso 45: Belfast leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Tromso 60: Belfast leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Tromso 15: Belfast leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Tromso 11: Belfast leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Tromso 32: Belfast leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Tromso.

Your match

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

Belfast
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

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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BelfastTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastTromso
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 m20 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastTromso
City population345,00679,943
People per km²3,00032
Museums within 10 km88
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.