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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Bergen or Montego Bay?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Montego Bay 50: Montego Bay leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Montego Bay 28: Bergen leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Montego Bay 42: Montego Bay leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Montego Bay 65: Bergen leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Montego Bay 50: Montego Bay leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Montego Bay 48: Bergen leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Montego Bay 20: Bergen leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Montego Bay 25: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Montego Bay 38: Montego Bay leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Montego Bay 32: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bergen
46match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 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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BergenMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenMontego Bay
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation5 m19 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenMontego Bay
City population291,189123,994
People per km²3,339-
Museums within 10 km310
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.