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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Oslo or Puerto Princesa?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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, Puerto Princesa 58: Puerto Princesa leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Puerto Princesa 38: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Puerto Princesa 22: Oslo leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Puerto Princesa 26: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Puerto Princesa 80: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Puerto Princesa 12: Oslo leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Puerto Princesa 45: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Puerto Princesa 30: Oslo leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Puerto Princesa 20: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Puerto Princesa 10: Oslo leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Puerto Princesa 40: Oslo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Puerto Princesa.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsloPuerto Princesa

Where the figures come from

Puerto Princesa has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureOsloPuerto Princesa
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation23 m98 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloPuerto Princesa
City population717,710316,384
People per km²-133
Museums within 10 km601
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.