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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Tirana?

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
  • families

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Tirana 42: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Tirana 62: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Tirana 40: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Tirana 54: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Tirana 32: Bergen leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Tirana 32: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Tirana 27: Bergen leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Tirana.

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.

Tirana
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenTirana
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiAlbanian
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 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 m110 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenTirana
City population291,189389,323
People per km²3,3399,314
Museums within 10 km3111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.