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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

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

Bergen or Mazatlan?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Mazatlan 42: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Mazatlan 66: Bergen leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Mazatlan 45: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Bergen and Mazatlan are level on 60.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Mazatlan 42: Bergen leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Mazatlan 30: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Mazatlan 40: Bergen leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Mazatlan.

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.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenMazatlan
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m139 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenMazatlan
City population291,189441,975
People per km²3,339-
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.