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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Bergen or The Hague?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, The Hague 38: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, The Hague 52: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen and The Hague are level on 58.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and The Hague.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenThe Hague
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiDutch
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m1 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenThe Hague
City population291,189548,320
People per km²3,3395,589
Museums within 10 km3154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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.