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The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake City for

  • prices
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tromso for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Salt Lake City 12, Tromso 8: Salt Lake City leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Salt Lake City 40, Tromso 36: Salt Lake City leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Salt Lake City 42, Tromso 27: Salt Lake City leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Salt Lake City 30, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salt Lake City 90, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Salt Lake City 34, Tromso 14: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Salt Lake City 72, Tromso 45: Salt Lake City leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Salt Lake City 42, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Salt Lake City 36, Tromso 15: Salt Lake City leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Salt Lake City 40, Tromso 11: Salt Lake City leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salt Lake City 55, Tromso 32: Salt Lake City leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salt Lake City and Tromso are level on 38.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salt Lake City and Tromso.

Your match

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

Salt Lake City
Best match
44match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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Salt Lake CityTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalt Lake CityTromso
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation1,288 m20 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalt Lake CityTromso
City population199,72379,943
People per km²69032
Museums within 10 km128
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.