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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Quebec City 18, Tromso 8: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Tromso 36: Quebec City leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Tromso 27: Quebec City leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Tromso 38: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Tromso 14: Quebec City leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Tromso 45: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Tromso 15: Quebec City leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Tromso 11: Quebec City leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Tromso 32: Quebec City leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Tromso 38: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Tromso.

Your match

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

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Quebec CityTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityTromso
Official languageFrench, EnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation98 m20 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityTromso
City population574,48279,943
People per km²1,18432
Museums within 10 km168
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.