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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bergen or Nairobi?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Bergen leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Nairobi 35: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Nairobi 84: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Nairobi 28: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Nairobi 55: Bergen leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Nairobi 20: Bergen leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Nairobi 35: Bergen leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Nairobi 25: Bergen leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenNairobi
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation5 m1,661 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenNairobi
City population291,1895,545,000
People per km²3,3397,967
Museums within 10 km314
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.