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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Nashville?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Nashville for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Nashville 50: Bergen leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Nashville 46: Bergen leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Nashville 52: Nashville leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Nashville 55: Bergen leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Nashville 30: Bergen leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Nashville 42: Nashville leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Nashville 30: Nashville leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Nashville 20: Bergen leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Nashville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bergen
46match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Nashville
46match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenNashville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenNashville
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-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m182 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenNashville
City population291,189689,447
People per km²3,339506
Museums within 10 km3112
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.