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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Manaus?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Manaus 46: Bergen leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Manaus 86: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Manaus 12: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Manaus 35: Bergen leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Manaus 27: Bergen leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Manaus 54: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Manaus 20: Bergen leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Manaus.

Your match

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

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices 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
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenManaus
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiPortuguese
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation5 m92 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenManaus
City population291,1892,303,732
People per km²3,339202
Museums within 10 km3113
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. 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.