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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Innsbruck or Tromso?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Tromso for

Tromso does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Innsbruck leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Tromso 36: Innsbruck leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Tromso 27: Innsbruck leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck and Tromso are level on 38.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Tromso 92: Innsbruck leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Tromso 14: Innsbruck leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Tromso 45: Innsbruck leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Tromso 60: Innsbruck leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Tromso 15: Innsbruck leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Tromso 11: Innsbruck leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Tromso 32: Innsbruck leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Tromso 38: Innsbruck leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Tromso.

Your match

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

Innsbruck
Best match
53match

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

Tromso
35match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InnsbruckTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckTromso
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 m20 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckTromso
City population132,49979,943
People per km²1,26332
Museums within 10 km288
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.