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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Bergen or Faro?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Faro for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Faro’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, Faro 74: Faro leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Faro 48: Faro leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Faro 35: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Faro 32: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Faro 62: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Faro 64: Faro leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bergen and Faro are level on 60.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Faro 60: Bergen leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Faro 35: Faro leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Faro 60: Faro leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Faro 30: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Faro 33: Faro leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Faro.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Faro
Best match
49match

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
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenFaro

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenFaro
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiPortuguese
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m10 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenFaro
City population291,18964,560
People per km²3,339319
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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.