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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

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

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Oslo for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Montpellier 64, Oslo 36: Montpellier leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Oslo 55: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Oslo 48: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Oslo 52: Montpellier leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Oslo 14: Montpellier leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Oslo 62: Montpellier leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Oslo.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on wellness 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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °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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MontpellierOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierOslo
Official languageFrenchNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation7 m23 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierOslo
City population310,240717,710
People per km²5,452-
Museums within 10 km1460
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.