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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Bergen or Valparaiso?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Valparaiso 60: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Valparaiso 33: Bergen leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Valparaiso 44: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Valparaiso 30: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Valparaiso 38: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Valparaiso 18: Bergen leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bergen
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Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Valparaiso
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Wins on prices 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
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenValparaiso
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiSpanish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation5 m21 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenValparaiso
City population291,189296,655
People per km²3,3396,180
Museums within 10 km3117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.