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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Boston?

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
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Boston for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Boston’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, Boston 35: Boston leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Boston 64: Boston leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Boston 72: Boston leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Boston 47: Boston leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Boston 60: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Boston 72: Boston leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Boston 72: Boston leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Boston 70: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Boston 55: Boston leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Boston 18: Boston leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Boston 72: Boston leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Boston 30: Bergen leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Boston.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenBoston

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenBoston
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi-
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m43 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenBoston
City population291,189675,647
People per km²3,3392,910
Museums within 10 km3151
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.