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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tromso or Tunis?

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 Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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. Tromso 8, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Tromso 36, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Tromso 27, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Tromso 38, Tunis 33: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tromso 92, Tunis 45: Tromso leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Tromso 14, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Tromso 45, Tunis 38: Tromso leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Tromso 60, Tunis 48: Tromso leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Tromso 15, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Tromso 11, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 75 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tromso 32, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tromso 38, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tromso and Tunis.

Your match

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

Tromso
35match

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

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTromsoTunis
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiArabic
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation20 m4 m
Main airportTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureTromsoTunis
City population79,943602,560
People per km²322,834
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

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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). 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. 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.