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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Bergen or Fethiye?

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
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Fethiye’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, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Fethiye 45: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Fethiye 35: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Fethiye 84: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Bergen and Fethiye are level on 60.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Fethiye 50: Bergen leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Fethiye 38: Fethiye leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Fethiye 15: Bergen leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Fethiye.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

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

Fethiye in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenFethiye

Where the figures come from

Fethiye's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Fethiye has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenFethiye
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiTurkish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m0 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenFethiye
City population291,189182,200
People per km²3,339-
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.