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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Montreal?

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

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

Choose Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Montreal leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Montreal 66: Bergen leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Montreal 55: Montreal leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Montreal 72: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Montreal 45: Montreal leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Montreal.

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.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenMontreal
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiFrench, English
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m31 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenMontreal
City population291,1891,895,211
People per km²3,3393,806
Museums within 10 km3137
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.