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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • 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. Tirana 46, Tromso 8: Tirana leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, Tromso 36: Tirana leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana 42, Tromso 27: Tirana leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, Tromso 38: Tirana leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana 62, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Tirana 64, Tromso 14: Tirana leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, Tromso 15: Tirana leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, Tromso 11: Tirana leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana and Tromso are level on 32.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 27, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and Tromso.

Your match

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

Tirana
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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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TiranaTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaTromso
Official languageAlbanianNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyLek (ALL)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation110 m20 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaTromso
City population389,32379,943
People per km²9,31432
Museums within 10 km118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.