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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Tromso or Warsaw?

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

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Tromso 36, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Tromso 27, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Tromso 38, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tromso 92, Warsaw 47: Tromso leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Tromso 14, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Tromso 45, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Tromso 60, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Tromso 15, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Tromso 11, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tromso 32, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tromso 38, Warsaw 35: Tromso leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tromso and Warsaw.

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.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on prices 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TromsoWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTromsoWarsaw
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiPolish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation20 m118 m
Main airportTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTromsoWarsaw
City population79,9431,862,402
People per km²323,601
Museums within 10 km8117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.