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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Copenhagen?

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 Copenhagen for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’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, Copenhagen 40: Copenhagen leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Copenhagen 76: Copenhagen leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Copenhagen 60: Copenhagen leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Copenhagen 45: Bergen leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Copenhagen 70: Copenhagen leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Copenhagen 18: Copenhagen leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Copenhagen 68: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Copenhagen 55: Copenhagen leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Copenhagen.

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.

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on shopping and day trips 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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenCopenhagen

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenCopenhagen
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiDanish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Danish Krone (DKK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCEFK230 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 m14 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenCopenhagen
City population291,189667,099
People per km²3,3397,339
Museums within 10 km3172
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.