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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Taipei?

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

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

Choose Taipei for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Taipei 78: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Taipei 55: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Taipei.

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.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 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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BergenTaipei

Where the figures come from

Taipei 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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenTaipei
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110110 or 112 or 119
Elevation5 m10 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBergenTaipei
City population291,1892,429,429
People per km²3,3398,938
Museums within 10 km3169
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.