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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • 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. Oaxaca 5, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Tromso 36: Oaxaca leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Tromso 27: Oaxaca leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Tromso 38: Oaxaca leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca 62, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Tromso 14: Oaxaca leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Tromso 15: Oaxaca leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Tromso 11: Oaxaca leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Tromso 32: Oaxaca leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Tromso 38: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Tromso.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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OaxacaTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaTromso
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation1,555 m20 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaTromso
City population258,91379,943
People per km²3,02832
Museums within 10 km108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.