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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Daytona Beach?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Daytona Beach’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, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Daytona Beach 36: Bergen leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Daytona Beach 30: Bergen leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Bergen and Daytona Beach are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Daytona Beach 56: Bergen leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Daytona Beach 66: Daytona Beach leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bergen and Daytona Beach are level on 60.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Daytona Beach 18: Bergen leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Daytona Beach 27: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Daytona Beach 46: Daytona Beach leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Daytona Beach 30: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Daytona Beach 30: Bergen leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenDaytona Beach
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi-
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m4 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenDaytona Beach
City population291,18972,647
People per km²3,339440
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone9 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.