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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

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

Innsbruck 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 Innsbruck for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Oslo for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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. Innsbruck 20, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Oslo 82: Innsbruck leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Oslo 52: Innsbruck leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Oslo 14: Innsbruck leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Oslo.

Your match

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

Innsbruck
53match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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InnsbruckOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckOslo
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageNorwegian, 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
Elevation574 m23 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckOslo
City population132,499717,710
People per km²1,263-
Museums within 10 km2860
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.