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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Bergen or Singapore?

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
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Singapore for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Singapore 45: Bergen leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Singapore 25: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Singapore 25: Singapore leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Singapore 50: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Singapore.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenSingapore
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation5 m21 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenSingapore
City population291,1895,866,139
People per km²3,3398,158
Museums within 10 km3140
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.