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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

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

Tromso or Verona?

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 Verona for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Tromso 36, Verona 66: Verona leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Tromso 27, Verona 76: Verona leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Tromso 38, Verona 37: Tromso leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tromso 92, Verona 65: Tromso leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Tromso 14, Verona 92: Verona leads by 78 points.
Good for families. Tromso 45, Verona 66: Verona leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Tromso 60, Verona 68: Verona leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Tromso 15, Verona 52: Verona leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Tromso 11, Verona 46: Verona leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tromso 32, Verona 66: Verona leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tromso 38, Verona 48: Verona leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tromso and Verona.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

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

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TromsoVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTromsoVerona
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiItalian
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 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 m59 m
Main airportTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTromsoVerona
City population79,943255,588
People per km²321,285
Museums within 10 km818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.