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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Tallinn?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Tallinn 55: Bergen leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bergen and Tallinn are level on 60.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Tallinn 72: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Tallinn 50: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Tallinn.

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.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and day trips 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenTallinn
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEstonian
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m28 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenTallinn
City population291,189457,572
People per km²3,3392,871
Museums within 10 km3116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.