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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Los Angeles?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • shopping
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Los Angeles 80: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Los Angeles 25: Bergen leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Los Angeles 24: Los Angeles leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on shopping and beaches 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenLos Angeles
City population291,1893,898,747
People per km²3,3392,994
Museums within 10 km3139
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.