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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Bergen or London?

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

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: London leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, London 84: London leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, London 94: London leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, London 88: London leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, London 57: Bergen leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, London 90: London leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, London 82: London leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, London 85: London leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, London 95: London leads by 62 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, London 15: London leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, London 98: London leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, London 40: London leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and London.

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 with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenLondon
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112 or 999
Elevation5 m4 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenLondon
City population291,1898,799,728
People per km²3,3395,598
Museums within 10 km31216
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.