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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bergen or Gdansk?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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, Gdansk 40: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Gdansk 50: Gdansk leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Gdansk 58: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Gdansk 72: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Gdansk 52: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Gdansk 36: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Gdansk.

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 and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on prices 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
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenGdansk
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiPolish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m11 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenGdansk
City population291,189487,834
People per km²3,339714
Museums within 10 km3134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.