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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Bordeaux 50, Tromso 8: Bordeaux leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Tromso 36: Bordeaux leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Tromso 27: Bordeaux leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Tromso 38: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Tromso 14: Bordeaux leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Tromso 45: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Tromso 60: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Tromso 15: Bordeaux leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Tromso 11: Bordeaux leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Tromso 32: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Tromso 38: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Tromso.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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.

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

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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BordeauxTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxTromso
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 m20 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxTromso
City population267,99179,943
People per km²5,42532
Museums within 10 km188
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.