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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Monaco 68, Oslo 36: Monaco leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Oslo 55: Monaco leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Monaco and Oslo are level on 48.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Oslo 52: Monaco leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Oslo 50: Monaco leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Oslo 14: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Oslo 62: Monaco leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 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: Monaco and Oslo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Monaco
58match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoOslo
Official languageFrenchNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCEF230 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
Elevation68 m23 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoOslo
City population38,857717,710
People per km²18,503-
Museums within 10 km1460
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), 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.