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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

New Orleans 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 New Orleans for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

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. New Orleans 14, Tromso 8: New Orleans leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Tromso 36: New Orleans leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Tromso 27: New Orleans leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Tromso 38: New Orleans leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 50 points.
Day trips. New Orleans 52, Tromso 14: New Orleans leads by 38 points.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Tromso 45: New Orleans leads by 10 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Tromso 15: New Orleans leads by 39 points.
Affordability. New Orleans 40, Tromso 11: New Orleans leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans 80, Tromso 32: New Orleans leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 25, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Tromso.

Your match

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

New Orleans
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
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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New OrleansTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansTromso
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
Elevation-2 m20 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansTromso
City population383,99779,943
People per km²42332
Museums within 10 km168
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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. 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.