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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Orlando?

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 Orlando for

  • families
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Orlando 48: Orlando leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Orlando 22: Bergen leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Bergen and Orlando are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Orlando 46: Bergen leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Orlando 8: Bergen leads by 66 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Orlando 40: Bergen leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen and Orlando are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Orlando.

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.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenOrlando
City population291,189334,854
People per km²3,3391,086
Museums within 10 km3111
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.