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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Shanghai?

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

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Shanghai 72: Shanghai leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Shanghai 25: Bergen leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Shanghai.

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.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenShanghai

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

Before you go

MeasureBergenShanghai
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiPutonghua
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation5 m4 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenShanghai
City population291,18924,870,895
People per km²3,3393,922
Museums within 10 km3145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.