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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Rome?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Rome for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Rome 82: Rome leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Rome 99: Rome leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Rome 58: Rome leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Rome 58: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Rome 92: Rome leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Rome 50: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Rome 60: Bergen leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Rome 72: Rome leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Rome 38: Rome leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Rome 68: Rome leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Rome 40: Rome leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Rome.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenRome
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiItalian
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 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 m21 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenRome
City population291,1892,748,109
People per km²3,3392,135
Museums within 10 km31178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
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.