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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Las Vegas?

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
  • families
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Las Vegas 25: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Las Vegas 68: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Las Vegas 25: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Las Vegas 25: Bergen leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Las Vegas 38: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Las Vegas 35: Las Vegas leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Las Vegas 40: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bergen
46match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenLas Vegas
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 m610 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenLas Vegas
City population291,189641,903
People per km²3,3391,843
Museums within 10 km3121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.