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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Bergen for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Atlanta 10, Bergen 20: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Bergen 47: Atlanta leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta and Bergen are level on 55.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Bergen 40: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Bergen 88: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Bergen 38: Atlanta leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Bergen 60: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Bergen 74: Bergen leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Bergen 33: Atlanta leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Bergen 12: Atlanta leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Bergen 58: Atlanta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Bergen 32: Atlanta leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Bergen.

Your match

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

Atlanta
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Bergen
46match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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

Atlanta 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaBergen
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation225 m5 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaBergen
City population498,715291,189
People per km²1,4333,339
Museums within 10 km2731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.