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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Bergen or Izmir?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Izmir for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen and Izmir are level on 55.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Izmir 66: Bergen leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Izmir 55: Bergen leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Izmir 63: Bergen leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Izmir 48: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Izmir.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenIzmir

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenIzmir
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 m2 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenIzmir
City population291,1894,493,242
People per km²3,3394,760
Museums within 10 km3129
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.