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Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Puerto Princesa 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 Puerto Princesa for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Tromso for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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. Puerto Princesa 58, Tromso 8: Puerto Princesa leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Princesa 38, Tromso 36: Puerto Princesa leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Princesa 22, Tromso 27: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Princesa 26, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Princesa 80, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Puerto Princesa 12, Tromso 14: Tromso leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Puerto Princesa and Tromso are level on 45.
Getting around. Puerto Princesa 30, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Princesa 20, Tromso 15: Puerto Princesa leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Puerto Princesa 78, Tromso 11: Puerto Princesa leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Princesa 10, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Princesa 40, Tromso 38: Puerto Princesa leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Princesa and Tromso.

Your match

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

Puerto Princesa
Best match
38match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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

Puerto Princesa has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto PrincesaTromso
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation98 m20 m
Main airportPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto PrincesaTromso
City population316,38479,943
People per km²13332
Museums within 10 km18
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.