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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Bogota?

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 Bergen for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Bogota for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bogota’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. Bergen 20, Bogota 5: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Bogota 66: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Bogota 68: Bogota leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Bogota 72: Bogota leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Bogota 64: Bergen leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Bogota 52: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Bogota 45: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Bogota 36: Bergen leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Bogota 52: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Bogota 77: Bogota leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Bogota 64: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Bogota 28: Bergen leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Bogota.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Bogota in July

17 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenBogota

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenBogota
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110123
Elevation5 m2,582 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenBogota
City population291,1898,034,649
People per km²3,3395,092
Museums within 10 km3130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.