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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves

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

Bergen or Brisbane?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Brisbane 60: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Brisbane 42: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Brisbane 74: Bergen leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Brisbane 50: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Brisbane 78: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Brisbane 62: Bergen leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Brisbane 45: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Brisbane 33: Brisbane leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Brisbane 55: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Brisbane 40: Brisbane leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Brisbane.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenBrisbane

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenBrisbane
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110000
Elevation5 m0 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenBrisbane
City population291,1892,706,966
People per km²3,339171
Museums within 10 km3116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone9 months

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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.