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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Bergen or Turin?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Turin 81: Turin leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Turin 78: Turin leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Turin 50: Turin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Turin 80: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Turin 84: Turin leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Turin 57: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Turin 68: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Turin 58: Turin leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Turin 58: Turin leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Turin 65: Turin leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Turin 40: Turin leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Turin.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Turin 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenTurin
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiItalian
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 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 m239 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenTurin
City population291,189841,600
People per km²3,3396,474
Museums within 10 km3172
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.