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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Bergen or Mumbai?

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
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Mumbai 55: Bergen leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Mumbai 48: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Mumbai 35: Bergen leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Mumbai 38: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Mumbai 55: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Mumbai 24: Bergen leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Mumbai.

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.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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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BergenMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenMumbai
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiHindi, English
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110108 or 112
Elevation5 m14 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBergenMumbai
City population291,18915,414,288
People per km²3,33925,563
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.