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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
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La Paz

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License.

Bergen or La Paz?

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

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Bergen leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, La Paz 50: La Paz leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, La Paz 52: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, La Paz 38: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, La Paz 82: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, La Paz 40: La Paz leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, La Paz 10: Bergen leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, La Paz 45: Bergen leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, La Paz 35: Bergen leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, La Paz 12: Bergen leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and La Paz.

Your match

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

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and shopping 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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBergenLa Paz
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m3,640 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenLa Paz
City population291,189755,732
People per km²3,3391,601
Museums within 10 km3121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.