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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Bergen or Paris?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Bergen leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Paris 96: Paris leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Paris 97: Paris leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Paris 80: Paris leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Paris 52: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Paris 92: Paris leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Paris 79: Paris leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Paris 88: Paris leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Paris 98: Paris leads by 65 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Paris 25: Paris leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Paris 88: Paris leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Paris 40: Paris leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Paris.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and day trips 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenParis
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiFrench
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m27 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenParis
City population291,1892,103,778
People per km²3,33919,960
Museums within 10 km31251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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.