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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Budapest by Perituss, CC0.

Bergen or Budapest?

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

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

Choose Budapest for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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, Budapest 25: Budapest leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Budapest 63: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Budapest 80: Budapest leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Budapest 58: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Budapest 68: Budapest leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Budapest 55: Budapest leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Budapest 76: Budapest leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Budapest 98: Budapest leads by 66 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Budapest.

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 with your weighting.

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness 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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenBudapest

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenBudapest
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiHungarian
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Forint (HUF)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 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 m117 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenBudapest
City population291,1891,675,777
People per km²3,3393,191
Museums within 10 km3181
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.