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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Hurghada?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Hurghada 34: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Hurghada 14: Bergen leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Bergen and Hurghada are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Hurghada 72: Bergen leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Hurghada 30: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Hurghada 22: Bergen leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Hurghada 24: Bergen leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Hurghada 10: Bergen leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Bergen
Best match
46match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenHurghada
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiArabic
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation5 m11 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenHurghada
City population291,189214,247
People per km²3,339-
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.