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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. London 25, Tromso 8: London leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Tromso 36: London leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Tromso 27: London leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Tromso 38: London leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 35 points.
Day trips. London 90, Tromso 14: London leads by 76 points.
Good for families. London 82, Tromso 45: London leads by 37 points.
Getting around. London 85, Tromso 60: London leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Tromso 15: London leads by 80 points.
Affordability. London 15, Tromso 11: London leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Tromso 32: London leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Tromso 38: London leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Tromso.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 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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LondonTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonTromso
Official languageEnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation4 m20 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonTromso
City population8,799,72879,943
People per km²5,59832
Museums within 10 km2168
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.