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Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nashville 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 Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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. Nashville 14, Tromso 8: Nashville leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Nashville 62, Tromso 36: Nashville leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Nashville 50, Tromso 27: Nashville leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Nashville 70, Tromso 38: Nashville leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nashville 46, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Nashville 52, Tromso 14: Nashville leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Nashville 55, Tromso 45: Nashville leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Nashville 30, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Nashville 42, Tromso 15: Nashville leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Nashville 30, Tromso 11: Nashville leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nashville 82, Tromso 32: Nashville leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nashville 20, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nashville and Tromso.

Your match

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

Nashville
Best match
46match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

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

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. Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNashvilleTromso
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 m20 m
Main airportNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNashvilleTromso
City population689,44779,943
People per km²50632
Museums within 10 km128
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.