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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Vancouver?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Vancouver 42: Bergen leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Vancouver 73: Bergen leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Vancouver 27: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Vancouver 52: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on food and drink 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenVancouver
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiFrench, English
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110911
Elevation5 m2 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenVancouver
City population291,189662,248
People per km²3,3395,759
Museums within 10 km3126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.