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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • prices

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

Choose Oslo for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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. Luang Prabang 14, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Oslo 14: Luang Prabang leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang and Oslo are level on 60.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Oslo.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Luang PrabangOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangOslo
Official languageLaoNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation305 m23 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangOslo
City population53,792717,710
Museums within 10 km060
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.