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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
Main Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside, Park City
Park CityMain Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Park City by Quang Vuong, Pexels License.

Oslo or Park City?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Park City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Park City’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, Park City 8: Oslo leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Park City 40: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Park City 18: Oslo leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Park City 25: Oslo leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Park City 92: Park City leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Park City 40: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Park City 68: Park City leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Park City 60: Oslo leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Park City 35: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Park City 12: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Park City 28: Oslo leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Park City 52: Oslo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Park City.

Your match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Park City
40match

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.

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

Park City in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Park City's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Park City has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Park City: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (78.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloPark City
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-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation23 m2,134 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)43 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloPark City
City population717,7108,396
People per km²-185
Museums within 10 km601
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.