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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Perth?

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 Perth for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Perth 58: Perth leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Perth 42: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Perth 72: Bergen leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Perth 48: Perth leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Perth 74: Perth leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Perth 55: Bergen leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Perth 44: Perth leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Perth 28: Perth leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Perth 50: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Perth 38: Perth leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Perth.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

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

Perth
Best match
53match

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
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenPerth
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110000
Elevation5 m2 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenPerth
City population291,1892,141,834
People per km²3,339334
Museums within 10 km3115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.