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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Bergen for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Alta, Utah 3, Bergen 20: Bergen leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Bergen 47: Bergen leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Bergen 55: Bergen leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Bergen 40: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Bergen 88: Alta, Utah leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Bergen 38: Alta, Utah leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Bergen 60: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Bergen 74: Bergen leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Bergen 33: Bergen leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Bergen 12: Alta, Utah leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Bergen 58: Bergen leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Bergen 32: Alta, Utah leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Bergen.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Bergen in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahBergen
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2,610 m5 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahBergen
City population228291,189
People per km²193,339
Museums within 10 km031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.