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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License.

Alicante or Bergen?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Bergen for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bergen’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. Alicante 82, Bergen 20: Alicante leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Bergen 47: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Bergen 55: Bergen leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Bergen 40: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Bergen 88: Bergen leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Bergen 38: Alicante leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Bergen 60: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Bergen 74: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Bergen 33: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Bergen 12: Alicante leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Bergen 58: Bergen leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Bergen 32: Alicante leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Bergen.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Bergen
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Bergen in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteBergen

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBergen
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation3 m5 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBergen
City population366,221291,189
People per km²1,8193,339
Museums within 10 km831
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.