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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Tromso or Valencia?

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

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Tromso 36, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Tromso 27, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Tromso 38, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tromso 92, Valencia 60: Tromso leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Tromso 14, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Tromso 45, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Tromso 60, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Tromso 15, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Tromso 11, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tromso 32, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tromso 38, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tromso and Valencia.

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 with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTromsoValencia
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation20 m15 m
Main airportTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTromsoValencia
City population79,943840,792
People per km²326,242
Museums within 10 km845
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.