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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Oslo or Santiago?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Santiago for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Santiago 52: Oslo leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Santiago 70: Santiago leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Santiago 57: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Santiago 68: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Santiago 55: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Santiago 37: Oslo leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Santiago.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Oslo
56match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Santiago
55match

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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloSantiago
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation23 m575 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloSantiago
City population717,7106,257,516
People per km²-7,468
Museums within 10 km6054
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.