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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Oslo for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Cadiz 80, Oslo 36: Cadiz leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Oslo 55: Cadiz leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Oslo 52: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Oslo 14: Cadiz leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Oslo.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on wellness and 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.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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CadizOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizOslo
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, 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
Elevation11 m23 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizOslo
City population109,950717,710
People per km²9,087-
Museums within 10 km1160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. 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.