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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tromso or Winter Park, Colorado?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • day trips
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Tromso 36, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Tromso leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Tromso 27, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Tromso leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Tromso 38, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Tromso leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tromso 92, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Tromso leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Tromso 14, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Tromso 45, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Tromso 60, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Tromso leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Tromso 15, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Tromso 11, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tromso 32, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Tromso leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tromso 38, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tromso and Winter Park, Colorado.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on day trips and families 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

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTromsoWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi-
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation20 m2,759 m
Main airportTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureTromsoWinter Park, Colorado
City population79,9431,033
People per km²3224
Museums within 10 km80
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.