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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Bordeaux?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Bordeaux 68: Bordeaux leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Bordeaux 58: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Bordeaux 57: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Bordeaux 76: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Bordeaux 56: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Bordeaux 42: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Bordeaux 55: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Bordeaux 40: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Bordeaux.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and food and drink 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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenBordeaux

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenBordeaux
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiFrench
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m1 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenBordeaux
City population291,189267,991
People per km²3,3395,425
Museums within 10 km3118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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.