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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Oslo for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • wellness

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. Brisbane 55, Oslo 36: Brisbane leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Oslo 55: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Oslo 48: Brisbane leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Oslo 63: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Oslo 14: Brisbane leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 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: Brisbane and Oslo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneOslo
Official languageEnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation0 m23 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneOslo
City population2,706,966717,710
People per km²171-
Museums within 10 km1660
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 monthsNone

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.