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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tromso or Victoria Falls?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Tromso leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Tromso 36, Victoria Falls 24: Tromso leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Tromso 27, Victoria Falls 12: Tromso leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Tromso 38, Victoria Falls 8: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tromso 92, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Tromso 14, Victoria Falls 22: Victoria Falls leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Tromso 45, Victoria Falls 38: Tromso leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Tromso 60, Victoria Falls 45: Tromso leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Tromso 15, Victoria Falls 18: Victoria Falls leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Tromso 11, Victoria Falls 32: Victoria Falls leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tromso 32, Victoria Falls 10: Tromso leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tromso 38, Victoria Falls 34: Tromso leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tromso and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Tromso
Best match
35match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TromsoVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTromsoVictoria Falls
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110999
Elevation20 m961 m
Main airportTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTromsoVictoria Falls
City population79,94333,060
People per km²32-
Museums within 10 km82
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.