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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tromso or Valparaiso?

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
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Tromso 36, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Tromso 27, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Tromso 38, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tromso 92, Valparaiso 60: Tromso leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Tromso 14, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Tromso 45, Valparaiso 33: Tromso leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Tromso 60, Valparaiso 44: Tromso leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Tromso 15, Valparaiso 30: Valparaiso leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Tromso 11, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tromso 32, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tromso 38, Valparaiso 18: Tromso leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tromso and Valparaiso.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Valparaiso
Best match
46match

Wins on day trips and prices 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTromsoValparaiso
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation20 m21 m
Main airportTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTromsoValparaiso
City population79,943296,655
People per km²326,180
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.