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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Oslo or Rovinj?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Rovinj 50: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Rovinj 38: Oslo leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Rovinj 25: Oslo leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Rovinj 60: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Rovinj 52: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Rovinj 55: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Rovinj 28: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Rovinj 15: Oslo leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Rovinj 42: Oslo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloRovinj
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiCroatian
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation23 m0 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloRovinj
City population717,71012,968
Museums within 10 km601
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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.