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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Marrakech?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Marrakech 33: Bergen leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Marrakech 70: Bergen leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Marrakech 28: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Marrakech 25: Bergen leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Marrakech 38: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Marrakech 25: Bergen leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenMarrakech
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation5 m465 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenMarrakech
City population291,1891,002,697
People per km²3,3394,360
Museums within 10 km3114
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.