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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

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. Mexico City 5, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Tromso 36: Mexico City leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Tromso 27: Mexico City leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Tromso 38: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Tromso 14: Mexico City leads by 61 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Tromso 45: Mexico City leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Tromso 15: Mexico City leads by 61 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Tromso 11: Mexico City leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Tromso 32: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Tromso 38: Mexico City leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Tromso.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Mexico CityTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityTromso
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2,240 m20 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityTromso
City population9,209,94479,943
People per km²6,20232
Museums within 10 km1088
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
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.