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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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. Osaka 34, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Oslo 55: Osaka leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Oslo 48: Osaka leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Oslo 52: Osaka leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Oslo 63: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Oslo 85: Osaka leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Oslo 50: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Oslo 14: Osaka leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Oslo 62: Osaka leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Oslo 60: Osaka leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Oslo.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaOslo
Official languageJapaneseNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyYen (JPY)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation20 m23 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaOslo
City population2,751,862717,710
People per km²12,340-
Museums within 10 km4460
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.