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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
Palms on a white beach at Cap Cana, Punta Cana
Punta CanaPalms on a white beach at Cap Cana

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Punta Cana by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC0.

Oslo or Punta Cana?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Punta Cana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta Cana’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, Punta Cana 94: Punta Cana leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Punta Cana 30: Oslo leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Punta Cana 8: Oslo leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Punta Cana 40: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Punta Cana 52: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Punta Cana 35: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Punta Cana 68: Punta Cana leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Punta Cana 15: Oslo leads by 70 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Punta Cana 30: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Punta Cana 44: Punta Cana leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Punta Cana 15: Oslo leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Punta Cana 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 Punta Cana.

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.

Punta Cana
40match

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

Punta Cana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsloPunta Cana

Where the figures come from

Punta Cana 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). Punta Cana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloPunta Cana
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation23 m28 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsPunta Cana International Airport (PUJ)1 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloPunta Cana
City population717,710138,919
People per km²-292
Museums within 10 km600
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.