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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Oslo or Valparaiso?

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

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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 and Valparaiso are level on 36.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Valparaiso 50: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Valparaiso 62: Oslo leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Valparaiso 60: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Valparaiso 33: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Valparaiso 44: Oslo leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Valparaiso 30: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Valparaiso 38: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Valparaiso 18: Oslo leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloValparaiso
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation23 m21 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloValparaiso
City population717,710296,655
People per km²-6,180
Museums within 10 km6017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.