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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

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. Bordeaux 50, Oslo 36: Bordeaux leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Oslo 55: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Oslo 66: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Oslo 48: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Oslo 52: Bordeaux leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Oslo 50: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Oslo 14: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Oslo.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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BordeauxOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxOslo
Official languageFrenchNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation1 m23 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxOslo
City population267,991717,710
People per km²5,425-
Museums within 10 km1860
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.