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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Oslo or Santo Domingo?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Santo Domingo 64: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Santo Domingo 36: Oslo leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Santo Domingo 44: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Santo Domingo 40: Oslo leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Santo Domingo 40: Oslo leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Santo Domingo 44: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Santo Domingo 46: Oslo leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Santo Domingo 22: Oslo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Santo Domingo.

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.

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 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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OsloSanto Domingo

Where the figures come from

Santo Domingo 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). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloSanto Domingo
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 m14 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloSanto Domingo
City population717,7102,201,941
People per km²-1,691
Museums within 10 km6010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.