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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Oslo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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. Huntington Beach 70, Oslo 36: Huntington Beach leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Oslo 52: Huntington Beach leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Oslo 63: Huntington Beach leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Oslo 14: Huntington Beach leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Oslo.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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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Huntington BeachOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachOslo
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation12 m23 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachOslo
City population198,711717,710
People per km²2,406-
Museums within 10 km360
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.