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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Prague?

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
  • families

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

Choose Prague for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Prague 50: Prague leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Prague 83: Prague leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Prague 65: Prague leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Prague 58: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Prague 77: Prague leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Prague 50: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Prague 83: Prague leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Prague 50: Prague leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Prague 62: Prague leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Prague 76: Prague leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Prague 40: Prague leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Prague.

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.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on prices 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
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenPrague
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiCzech
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Czech Koruna (CZK)
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 m235 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenPrague
City population291,1891,397,880
People per km²3,3392,817
Museums within 10 km3188
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.