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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Plovdiv or Tromso?

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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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. Plovdiv 7, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Tromso 36: Plovdiv leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Tromso 27: Plovdiv leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Tromso 38: Plovdiv leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Tromso 14: Plovdiv leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Tromso 60: Plovdiv leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Tromso 15: Plovdiv leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Tromso 11: Plovdiv leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Tromso 32: Plovdiv leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Tromso 38: Plovdiv leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Tromso.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivTromso
Official languageBulgarianNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation172 m20 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivTromso
City population333,99479,943
People per km²3,27432
Museums within 10 km188
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.