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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Tangier?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Tangier 30: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Tangier 55: Bergen leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Tangier 35: Bergen leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Tangier 40: Bergen leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Tangier 28: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Tangier.

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.

Tangier
Best match
49match

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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °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). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenTangier
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation5 m56 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenTangier
City population291,1891,275,428
People per km²3,3396,393
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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.