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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Oslo or Palm Beach?

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 Oslo for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm Beach’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. Oslo 36, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Palm Beach 47: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Palm Beach 45: Oslo leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Palm Beach 32: Oslo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Palm Beach 58: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Palm Beach 62: Oslo leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Palm Beach 32: Oslo leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Palm Beach 12: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Palm Beach 45: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Palm Beach 55: Oslo leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsloPalm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloPalm Beach
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi-
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation23 m2 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloPalm Beach
City population717,7109,245
People per km²-322
Museums within 10 km604
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.