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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Bergen or New Orleans?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, New Orleans 42: Bergen leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, New Orleans 52: New Orleans leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, New Orleans 55: Bergen leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, New Orleans 55: Bergen leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, New Orleans 40: New Orleans leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, New Orleans 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 New Orleans.

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.

New Orleans
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife 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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenNew Orleans
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 m-2 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenNew Orleans
City population291,189383,997
People per km²3,339423
Museums within 10 km3116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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.