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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Oslo or San Miguel de Allende?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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, San Miguel de Allende 4: Oslo leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, San Miguel de Allende 62: Oslo leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, San Miguel de Allende 38: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, San Miguel de Allende 40: Oslo leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, San Miguel de Allende 77: San Miguel de Allende leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, San Miguel de Allende 32: Oslo leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, San Miguel de Allende 48: Oslo leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, San Miguel de Allende 40: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on prices and day trips 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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsloSan Miguel de Allende

Where the figures come from

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation23 m1,900 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloSan Miguel de Allende
City population717,71069,811
Museums within 10 km602
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.