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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • 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. Florence 14, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Oslo 55: Florence leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Oslo 66: Florence leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Oslo 52: Florence leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Oslo 50: Florence leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Oslo 14: Florence leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 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: Florence and Oslo.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Florence has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceOslo
Official languageItalianNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation50 m23 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceOslo
City population360,930717,710
People per km²3,528-
Museums within 10 km14160
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.