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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Myrtle Beach?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Myrtle Beach 38: Bergen leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Myrtle Beach 20: Bergen leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Myrtle Beach 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Myrtle Beach 46: Bergen leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Myrtle Beach 50: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Myrtle Beach 18: Bergen leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Myrtle Beach 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Myrtle Beach 30: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Myrtle Beach 28: Bergen leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Myrtle Beach.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenMyrtle Beach

Where the figures come from

Myrtle Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenMyrtle Beach
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi-
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)US Dollar (USD)
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 m8 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenMyrtle Beach
City population291,18935,682
People per km²3,339591
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.