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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Bergen or Siem Reap?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Siem Reap’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, Siem Reap 5: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Siem Reap 45: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Siem Reap 40: Bergen leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Siem Reap 35: Bergen leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Siem Reap 30: Bergen leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Siem Reap 38: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 76 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Siem Reap 32: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Siem Reap.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bergen
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices 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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenSiem Reap

Where the figures come from

Siem Reap has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBergenSiem Reap
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiKhmer
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation5 m18 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenSiem Reap
City population291,189147,866
People per km²3,339-
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.