VacationSelector
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • 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. Tokyo 40, Tromso 8: Tokyo leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Tromso 36: Tokyo leads by 62 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Tromso 27: Tokyo leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Tromso 38: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Tromso 14: Tokyo leads by 71 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Tromso 45: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Tromso 60: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Tromso 15: Tokyo leads by 84 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Tromso 11: Tokyo leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Tromso 32: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Tromso 38: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Tromso.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on 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.

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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

-10°0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200250JFMAMJJASOND
TokyoTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoTromso
Official languageJapaneseNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyYen (JPY)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation6 m20 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoTromso
City population14,264,79879,943
People per km²6,50132
Museums within 10 km1928
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Tokyo or Tromso somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.