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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Bergen or Chiang Mai?

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 Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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, Chiang Mai 6: Bergen leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Chiang Mai 65: Chiang Mai leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Chiang Mai 45: Chiang Mai leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Chiang Mai 73: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Chiang Mai 48: Chiang Mai leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Chiang Mai 55: Bergen leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Chiang Mai 38: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Chiang Mai 62: Chiang Mai leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 78 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Chiang Mai 30: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenChiang Mai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenChiang Mai
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiThai
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation5 m310 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBergenChiang Mai
City population291,1891,198,000
People per km²3,3392,958
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.