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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Krakow?

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
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Krakow for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Bergen leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Krakow 62: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Krakow 58: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen and Krakow are level on 74.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Krakow 55: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Krakow 36: Krakow leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Krakow.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Krakow
Best match
58match

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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenKrakow
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 m219 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenKrakow
City population291,189804,237
People per km²3,3392,459
Museums within 10 km31113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.