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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Bergen or Hobart?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hobart for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Hobart 30: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Hobart 85: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Hobart 56: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Hobart 45: Bergen leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Hobart 45: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Hobart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bergen
46match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenHobart
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110000
Elevation5 m54 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenHobart
City population291,189197,451
People per km²3,339116
Museums within 10 km318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.