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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Oslo or Salt Lake 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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • prices
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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, Salt Lake City 12: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Salt Lake City 40: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Salt Lake City 42: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Salt Lake City 30: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Salt Lake City 34: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Salt Lake City 42: Oslo leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Salt Lake City 36: Oslo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Salt Lake City 55: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on prices 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 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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OsloSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloSalt Lake 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 m1,288 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloSalt Lake City
City population717,710199,723
People per km²-690
Museums within 10 km6012
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.