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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Berlin 38, Tromso 8: Berlin leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Tromso 36: Berlin leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Tromso 27: Berlin leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Tromso 38: Berlin leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Tromso 14: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Tromso 45: Berlin leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Tromso 60: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Tromso 15: Berlin leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Tromso 11: Berlin leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Tromso 32: Berlin leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Tromso 38: Berlin leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Tromso.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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BerlinTromso

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

Before you go

MeasureBerlinTromso
Official languageGermanNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation34 m20 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinTromso
City population3,700,57779,943
People per km²4,15332
Museums within 10 km1578
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.