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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Oslo or Seville?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Seville for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Seville 73: Seville leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Seville 82: Seville leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Seville 62: Seville leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Seville 52: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Seville 80: Seville leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Seville 55: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Seville 72: Oslo leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Seville 55: Seville leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Seville 58: Seville leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Seville 68: Seville leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Seville 40: Oslo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Seville.

Your match

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

Oslo
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloSeville
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish
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 m18 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloSeville
City population717,710689,423
People per km²-4,896
Museums within 10 km6024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.