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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Salvador?

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 Salvador for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Salvador 52: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Salvador 56: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Salvador 42: Bergen leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Salvador 42: Bergen leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen and Salvador are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Salvador.

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.

Salvador
Best match
58match

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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenSalvador

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenSalvador
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiPortuguese
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation5 m8 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenSalvador
City population291,1892,417,678
People per km²3,3393,489
Museums within 10 km3149
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.