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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Monaco 68, Tromso 8: Monaco leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Tromso 36: Monaco leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Tromso 27: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Tromso 38: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Tromso 14: Monaco leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Tromso 45: Monaco leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Tromso 60: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Tromso 15: Monaco leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Tromso 11: Tromso leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Tromso 32: Monaco leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Tromso 38: Monaco leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Tromso.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoTromso
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 m20 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoTromso
City population38,85779,943
People per km²18,50332
Museums within 10 km148
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.