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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Lima?

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
  • families

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Lima 88: Lima leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Lima 66: Lima leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Lima 62: Lima leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Lima 45: Bergen leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Lima 34: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Lima 42: Bergen leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Lima 35: Bergen leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Lima 52: Lima leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Lima 70: Lima leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Lima 53: Bergen leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Lima 25: Bergen leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Lima.

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.

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenLima
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110111 or 911
Elevation5 m154 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenLima
City population291,1899,943,800
People per km²3,3393,721
Museums within 10 km3147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 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.