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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Bergen or Cadiz?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’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, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Cadiz 68: Cadiz leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Cadiz 62: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Cadiz 45: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Cadiz 66: Bergen leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bergen and Cadiz are level on 60.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Cadiz 70: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Cadiz 35: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Cadiz 58: Cadiz leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Cadiz 52: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Cadiz 42: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Cadiz.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenCadiz

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenCadiz
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
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 m11 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenCadiz
City population291,189109,950
People per km²3,3399,087
Museums within 10 km3111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.