Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Oslo or Siena?
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
- live music and the arts
- families
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’s own page.
Choose Siena for
- day trips
- prices
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Siena.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.
Wins on day trips and prices 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
Siena in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.
Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Oslo | Siena |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi | Italian |
| Currency | Norwegian Krone (NOK) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz | CFL230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110 | 112 |
| Elevation | 23 m | 322 m |
| Main airport | Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations | Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Oslo | Siena |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 717,710 | 52,812 |
| People per km² | - | 446 |
| Museums within 10 km | 60 | 30 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 5 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | - |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Oslo or Siena somewhere new.