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Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bergen or Zagreb?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Bergen leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bergen 47, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bergen 55, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Bergen 40, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bergen 88, Zagreb 62: Bergen leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bergen 38, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bergen 60, Zagreb 52: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bergen 74, Zagreb 70: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bergen 33, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bergen 12, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bergen 58, Zagreb 52: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bergen 32, Zagreb 33: Zagreb leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bergen and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Bergen
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Zagreb
Best match
50match

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
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BergenZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBergenZagreb
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiCroatian
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation5 m127 m
Main airportBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBergenZagreb
City population291,189767,131
People per km²3,339-
Museums within 10 km3127
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.