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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

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. Cartagena 70, Oslo 36: Cartagena leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Oslo 55: Cartagena leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Oslo 66: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Oslo 48: Cartagena leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Oslo 14: Cartagena leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 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: Cartagena and Oslo.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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CartagenaOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaOslo
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2 m23 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaOslo
City population914,552717,710
People per km²1,599-
Museums within 10 km260
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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). 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. 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.