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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bergen or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Bergen and Oaxaca are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Oaxaca 62: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Oaxaca 40: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Oaxaca 55: Bergen leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Oaxaca 38: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Oaxaca.

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 families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenOaxaca
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m1,555 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenOaxaca
City population291,189258,913
People per km²3,3393,028
Museums within 10 km3110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.