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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Oslo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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. Mendoza 6, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Oslo 55: Mendoza leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Oslo 82: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Mendoza and Oslo are level on 52.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Oslo 14: Mendoza leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Oslo.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaOslo
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation769 m23 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaOslo
City population127,160717,710
People per km²2,355-
Museums within 10 km160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.