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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bergen or Toulouse?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Toulouse 58: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Toulouse 70: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen and Toulouse are level on 58.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Toulouse 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 Toulouse.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenToulouse
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiFrench
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 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 m115 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenToulouse
City population291,189514,819
People per km²3,3394,352
Museums within 10 km3124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.