Recorded fare comparison
January
Median listed fare: $320 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$320/night median
166 sailing listings
Cruise destination
Northern Europe cruises
Compare Northern Europe sailings by cruise line, ship, departure date, port, and price.
2,183 sailing listings in the recorded comparison · recorded Sep 21, 2026 at 16:35 UTCPhoto by Ana Bórquez on Unsplash
Northern Europe includes Norwegian coastal routes and itineraries focused on other northern destinations. This comparison also includes the Canary Islands, whose calendar should be considered separately. Choose the places you want to visit first. A monthly fare that combines those routes is useful for finding options, but it cannot tell you that one season suits the whole collection.
For a scenery-focused voyage, inspect the distinction between port calls and time spent cruising past the coast. For a trip focused on cities, compare port hours and the number of consecutive stops. Check the first and final ports together: they determine whether your travel arrangements form a return journey or need separate plans at either end. Neither the ship's departure country nor the itinerary title is a substitute for the complete route.
When climate figures are shown, Bergen is the local reference. Daylight and weather elsewhere depend on latitude and location, and the Canary Islands are not represented by Bergen's winter. If long days or a particular seasonal interest motivate the trip, check the relevant calls and dates. Use the recorded fares to compare listings after making that geographic choice, rather than treating them as a combined seasonal recommendation.
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Northern Europe · comparison coverage
What these monthly fares cover
Data recorded ; calculated Sep 21, 2026 at 16:35 UTC.
Our Northern Europe comparison includes verified Northern European calls and also covers verified Canary Islands calls.
Departures from through . Months combine all matching years in this window.
1,864 of 2,183
listings with a comparable USD fare
319
listings without a comparable USD fare
Fares are USD per person per night. These starting-fare comparisons mix cabin types, ships and trip lengths. Compare actual cabins and conditions on the individual sailing pages.
See monthly coverage and comparison limits
Itinerary geography was checked across 40,016 market candidates: 35,894 unresolved and 1,939 conflicting. Those candidates are not included in this destination’s figures and are not a count of missing Northern Europe sailings.
- Counts cover active listings with a positive trip length whose itinerary locations passed independent source checks under the definitions above. A voyage may have more than one supplier listing.
- Geographic references include GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata. CruiseCaptain checks itinerary records against these references, applies the destination definitions and calculates the comparisons.
- The monthly median uses each priced listing’s lowest usable corroborated USD cabin fare, divided by its trip length. A lower monthly median does not mean the same cruise costs less.
- These counts cover the full comparison, even when the chart shows a smaller sample. They are not sample counts for any one cabin category.
- The dates describe departure coverage, not when each fare was last observed. Fare observation times and booking conditions are not included in this monthly snapshot.
- Check the individual sailing’s cabin, total fare and booking conditions before comparing offers. Weather guidance is a separate editorial source.
Recorded listings · monthly comparison
Monthly fare comparison
Compare recorded monthly fares across this destination’s different regions.
Among well-served months in this comparison, December has the lowest median listed fare at $306 per person per night and June the highest at $474. Adjacent months with limited choice are shown separately and may have lower fares. These are different future departures, not a price history for the same cruise. This comparison spans different seasonal calendars. A lower monthly fare is not a recommendation for weather or wildlife. Choose the region and itinerary first.
CruiseCaptain — corroborated USD listed fares, per person per night; recorded Sep 21, 2026
Real fares — sampled departures, by cabin
Each dot represents a sampled listed fare for one sailing and cabin category. The table’s monthly medians use the full eligible snapshot, not only the dots shown. These are different future departures, not repeated prices for an identical cruise.
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2183 sailing listings in the comparison window · dots show 600 priced listings after sampling and validation · calculated Sep 21, 2026
Fare sample and methodology
Departure window: 2026-09-21 to before 2028-03-21.
The recorded comparison contains 2183 sailing listings; 1864 have a comparable listed fare and 319 have none. Well-supported months and adjacent months with enough priced listings cover 2183 listings; 0 listings fall outside that displayed fare comparison. Greyed months have limited comparison data, not a closed cruising season. Counts represent supplier sailing listings, not necessarily distinct voyages. Current verified itinerary links are checked separately.
Lowest and highest labels compare well-served (core) months only. Adjacent months with limited choice can have lower medians. No seasonal score is assigned to this mixed-region comparison.
For each sailing listing, we divide its lowest usable corroborated USD cabin fare by trip length, then take the median within each calendar month across departure years. Cabin medians use only listings priced in that category: inside, oceanview, balcony or suite. Missing fares are excluded from medians, never treated as free cruises. The dots are a bounded sample; chart lines smooth that sample by cabin over nearby departure dates, with monthly medians as a fallback.
Prices are displayed in US dollars per person. Occupancy, taxes, fees and inclusions follow the source listing and are not independently standardized in this comparison. Check the sailing and supplier before booking. The calculation date is not the time every supplier last refreshed its fare; this aggregate does not include individual quote timestamps.
Raw fares come from third-party feeds. CruiseCaptain’s contribution is tracking, normalization and analysis. These recorded-fare comparisons are descriptive: differences in lines, ships, cabins and routes can explain monthly gaps. They do not establish when to book or predict a future price.
Month-by-month comparison
Select a month to pin its column — the spotlight below follows.
Fares compare different itineraries. Greyed months have limited comparison data, not a closed cruising season. No combined weather or wildlife score is assigned.
Climate reference: Meteostat 1991–2020 monthly climate normals (nearest station), Bergen (60.39, 5.32). These representative conditions are separate from the recorded fare comparison and are not a sailing forecast.
Daylight reference: Computed for Bergen (60.4°N), sea level. Daylight changes with the itinerary’s latitude; these figures describe the reference location.
The months in detail
Recorded fare comparison
February
Median listed fare: $359 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$359/night median
172 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
March
Median listed fare: $364 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$364/night median
151 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
April
Median listed fare: $366 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$366/night median
118 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
May
Median listed fare: $413 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$413/night median
180 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
June
Median listed fare: $474 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$474/night median
219 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
July
Median listed fare: $437 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$437/night median
223 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
August
Median listed fare: $419 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$419/night median
231 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
September
Median listed fare: $417 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$417/night median
169 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
October
Median listed fare: $355 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$355/night median
206 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
November
Median listed fare: $310 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$310/night median
169 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
December
Median listed fare: $306 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$306/night median
179 sailing listings
Bergen reference — Daylight & sun
Hours per dayBergen daylight and sun reference only. These figures do not describe other regions in this comparison.
Daylight
≈5½ h · late December to ≈19 h · late June
Bright sun
9 hours a day in May
Jan: 2 hours of bright sun within 6.3 hours of daylight.
Feb: 3 hours of bright sun within 8.6 hours of daylight.
Mar: 4 hours of bright sun within 11.4 hours of daylight.
Apr: 7 hours of bright sun within 14.3 hours of daylight.
May: 9 hours of bright sun within 17.0 hours of daylight.
Jun: 9 hours of bright sun within 18.6 hours of daylight.
Jul: 8 hours of bright sun within 17.8 hours of daylight.
Aug: 7 hours of bright sun within 15.3 hours of daylight.
Sep: 5 hours of bright sun within 12.5 hours of daylight.
Oct: 3 hours of bright sun within 9.6 hours of daylight.
Nov: 2 hours of bright sun within 7.0 hours of daylight.
Dec: 2 hours of bright sun within 5.4 hours of daylight.
Bright sun
Total daylight
NASA POWER climatology (all-sky vs clear-sky shortwave; bright-sun via Angstrom-Prescott)
Northern Europe cruise timing — questions answered
Does the lowest fare month mean the best season to travel?
No. This comparison combines regions with different seasonal calendars. Compare the itinerary’s locations and dates before deciding when to travel.
Where do the weather and daylight figures apply?
The figures describe Bergen only. They are a local reference, not conditions across this destination or a forecast for a sailing.
Browse verified sailings
20 itineraries verified in this checked batch. Checked Sep 21, 2026 against the comparison recorded Sep 21, 2026. New listings enter after the next comparison refresh.
Further checks may not find more sailings.
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