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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bergen or Yogyakarta?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Yogyakarta 32: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Yogyakarta 72: Bergen leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Yogyakarta 40: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Yogyakarta 35: Bergen leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen and Yogyakarta are level on 58.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

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

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBergenYogyakarta
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiIndonesian
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m113 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBergenYogyakarta
City population291,189422,732
People per km²3,33913,007
Museums within 10 km3138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.