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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Madrid 5, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Tromso 36: Madrid leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Tromso 27: Madrid leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Tromso 38: Madrid leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Tromso 14: Madrid leads by 75 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Tromso 45: Madrid leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Tromso 60: Madrid leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Tromso 15: Madrid leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Tromso 11: Madrid leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Tromso 32: Madrid leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 36, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Madrid and Tromso.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridTromso
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, 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
Elevation663 m20 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridTromso
City population3,506,73079,943
People per km²5,80132
Museums within 10 km888
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). 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.