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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bergen or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Tampa 42: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Tampa 55: Bergen leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Tampa 54: Tampa leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Tampa 22: Bergen leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Tampa 47: Bergen leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Tampa 30: Bergen leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Tampa.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

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

Tampa
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches 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
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenTampa
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-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m30 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenTampa
City population291,189384,959
People per km²3,339848
Museums within 10 km316
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.