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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

San Juan 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 San Juan for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • getting around
  • 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. San Juan 84, Tromso 8: San Juan leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Tromso 36: San Juan leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, Tromso 27: San Juan leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Tromso 38: San Juan leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 18 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Tromso 14: San Juan leads by 38 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Tromso 45: San Juan leads by 13 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Tromso 15: San Juan leads by 35 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Tromso 11: San Juan leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Tromso 32: San Juan leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Tromso 38: San Juan leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Tromso.

Your match

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

San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °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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San JuanTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanTromso
Official languageSpanish, EnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation3 m20 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanTromso
City population342,25979,943
People per km²2,84732
Museums within 10 km188
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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). 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. 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.