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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Bergen or Mexico City?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Mexico City 50: Bergen leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Mexico City 58: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Mexico City 50: Bergen leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Mexico City.

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 and getting around with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenMexico City
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-6
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m2,240 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenMexico City
City population291,1899,209,944
People per km²3,3396,202
Museums within 10 km31108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
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.