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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Savannah?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Savannah 48: Bergen leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Savannah 50: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Savannah 58: Bergen leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Savannah 40: Bergen leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Savannah.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Savannah
Best match
51match

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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenSavannah
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi-
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m15 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenSavannah
City population291,189147,780
People per km²3,339524
Museums within 10 km3119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.