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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

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

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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. Brisbane 55, Tromso 8: Brisbane leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Tromso 36: Brisbane leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Tromso 27: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Tromso 38: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Tromso 14: Brisbane leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Tromso 45: Brisbane leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Tromso 60: Brisbane leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Tromso 15: Brisbane leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Tromso 11: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Tromso 32: Brisbane leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Tromso 38: Brisbane leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Tromso.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

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

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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BrisbaneTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneTromso
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 m20 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneTromso
City population2,706,96679,943
People per km²17132
Museums within 10 km168
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.