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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Bergen or Casablanca?

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
  • families

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Casablanca’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, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Casablanca 60: Casablanca leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Casablanca 52: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Casablanca 44: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Casablanca 33: Bergen leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Casablanca 55: Casablanca leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Casablanca 38: Bergen leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Casablanca 42: Bergen leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Casablanca 68: Casablanca leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Casablanca 38: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Casablanca.

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.

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Casablanca in July

26 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenCasablanca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenCasablanca
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation5 m115 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenCasablanca
City population291,1893,215,935
People per km²3,3398,375
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.