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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bergen or Steamboat Springs?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Steamboat Springs 30: Bergen leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Steamboat Springs 14: Bergen leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Steamboat Springs 20: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen and Steamboat Springs are level on 88.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Steamboat Springs 12: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Steamboat Springs 46: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Steamboat Springs 22: Bergen leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Steamboat Springs 17: Steamboat Springs leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Steamboat Springs 28: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Steamboat Springs.

Your match

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

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on wellness 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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenSteamboat Springs

Where the figures come from

Steamboat Springs has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenSteamboat Springs
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-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m2,052 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenSteamboat Springs
City population291,18913,224
People per km²3,339503
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.