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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Bergen or Valletta?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Valletta 56: Bergen leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Valletta 58: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Valletta 62: Bergen leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Valletta 44: Bergen leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen and Valletta are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenValletta
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m56 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenValletta
City population291,1895,197
People per km²3,3396,496
Museums within 10 km3116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.