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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Oslo or Toronto?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Toronto for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Toronto 50: Oslo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Toronto 52: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Toronto 50: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Toronto 65: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Toronto 33: Oslo leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Toronto.

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 nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on prices and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloToronto
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiFrench, English
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation23 m76 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloToronto
City population717,7102,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km6032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

Where else could you go?

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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.