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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Oslo or Perth?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Perth 58: Perth leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Perth 42: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Perth 42: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Perth 72: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Perth 48: Oslo leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Perth 74: Perth leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Perth 55: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Perth 44: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Perth 28: Perth leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Perth 50: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Perth 38: Oslo leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Perth.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloPerth
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110000
Elevation23 m2 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloPerth
City population717,7102,141,834
People per km²-334
Museums within 10 km6015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.