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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Bergen or Huntington 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
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington 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, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Huntington Beach 46: Bergen leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Huntington Beach 14: Bergen leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Huntington Beach 38: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Huntington Beach 58: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Huntington Beach 63: Huntington Beach leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Huntington Beach 20: Bergen leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Huntington Beach 42: Huntington Beach leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Huntington Beach 28: Huntington Beach leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Huntington Beach 33: Bergen leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Huntington Beach 36: Huntington Beach leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Huntington Beach.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches 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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenHuntington Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenHuntington 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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m12 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenHuntington Beach
City population291,189198,711
People per km²3,3392,406
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.