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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Bergen or San Juan?

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 San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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, San Juan 84: San Juan leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, San Juan 66: San Juan leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, San Juan 64: San Juan leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, San Juan 74: Bergen leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, San Juan 52: San Juan leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, San Juan 58: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, San Juan 38: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, San Juan 50: San Juan leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, San Juan 38: San Juan leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, San Juan 55: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, San Juan 40: San Juan leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and San Juan.

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.

San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenSan Juan
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish, English
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m3 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenSan Juan
City population291,189342,259
People per km²3,3392,847
Museums within 10 km3118
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.