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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Cebu?

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

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Cebu for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Cebu’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, Cebu 60: Cebu leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Cebu 58: Cebu leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Cebu 40: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Cebu 46: Cebu leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Cebu 60: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Cebu 44: Cebu leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Cebu 45: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Cebu 26: Bergen leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Cebu 44: Cebu leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Cebu 80: Cebu leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Cebu 25: Bergen leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Cebu 50: Cebu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Cebu.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bergen
46match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Cebu
48match

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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Cebu in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenCebu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenCebu
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m135 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenCebu
City population291,189965,332
People per km²3,3393,065
Museums within 10 km315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.