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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Oslo or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Tokyo 68: Oslo leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Tokyo.

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 with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsloTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloTokyo
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiJapanese
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 110, fire 119
Elevation23 m6 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloTokyo
City population717,71014,264,798
People per km²-6,501
Museums within 10 km60192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.