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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Montpellier 64, Tromso 8: Montpellier leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Tromso 36: Montpellier leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Tromso 27: Montpellier leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Tromso 38: Montpellier leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Tromso 14: Montpellier leads by 71 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Tromso 45: Montpellier leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Tromso 60: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Tromso 15: Montpellier leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Tromso 11: Montpellier leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Tromso 32: Montpellier leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Tromso 38: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Tromso.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

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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MontpellierTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierTromso
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 m20 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierTromso
City population310,24079,943
People per km²5,45232
Museums within 10 km148
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.