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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Windhoek?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Bergen leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Windhoek 36: Bergen leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Windhoek 30: Bergen leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Windhoek 25: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Windhoek 52: Bergen leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Windhoek 14: Bergen leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Windhoek 30: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Windhoek 22: Bergen leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Windhoek 30: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Windhoek 18: Bergen leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

Your match

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

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenWindhoek
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m1,650 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenWindhoek
City population291,189486,169
People per km²3,33995
Museums within 10 km315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.