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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Bergen or Wellington?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Wellington for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Wellington 44: Bergen leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Wellington 78: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Wellington 40: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Wellington 68: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Wellington 56: Bergen leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Wellington 30: Bergen leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Wellington.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenWellington
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110111
Elevation5 m0 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenWellington
City population291,189216,200
People per km²3,339487
Museums within 10 km3112
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.