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Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nashville 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 Nashville for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Oslo for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • 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. Nashville 14, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Nashville 62, Oslo 55: Nashville leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Nashville 50, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Nashville 70, Oslo 48: Nashville leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nashville 46, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Nashville and Oslo are level on 52.
Good for families. Nashville 55, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Nashville 30, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Nashville 42, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Nashville 30, Oslo 14: Nashville leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nashville 82, Oslo 62: Nashville leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nashville 20, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nashville and Oslo.

Your match

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

Nashville
46match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNashvilleOslo
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation182 m23 m
Main airportNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNashvilleOslo
City population689,447717,710
People per km²506-
Museums within 10 km1260
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.