Photos: Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.
Tromso or Venice?
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
- nightlife
What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’s own page.
Choose Venice for
- day trips
- culture and sights
- beaches
What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tromso and Venice.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.
Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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
Venice in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Venice 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.
Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Tromso | Venice |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi | Italian |
| Currency | Norwegian Krone (NOK) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz | CFL230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110 | 112 |
| Elevation | 20 m | 2 m |
| Main airport | Tromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations | Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Tromso | Venice |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 79,943 | 250,369 |
| People per km² | 32 | 602 |
| Museums within 10 km | 8 | 52 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 5 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 4 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Tromso or Venice somewhere new.