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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Pensacola?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Pensacola 45: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Pensacola 45: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Pensacola 42: Pensacola leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Pensacola 62: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Pensacola 45: Pensacola leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Pensacola 18: Bergen leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Pensacola 28: Bergen leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Pensacola 44: Pensacola leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Pensacola 36: Bergen leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Pensacola 30: Bergen leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bergen
46match

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

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenPensacola
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 m31 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenPensacola
City population291,18954,312
People per km²3,339515
Museums within 10 km315
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.