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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

AlUla or Stockholm?

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 AlUla for

AlUla does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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. AlUla 3, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla and Stockholm are level on 72.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 48 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 47 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 69 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 55 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Stockholm 30: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Stockholm.

Your match

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

AlUla
30match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

AlUla has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Stockholm has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaStockholm
Official languageArabicSwedish
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsG60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 911112
Elevation692 m22 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaStockholm
City population32,413984,748
People per km²-5,260
Museums within 10 km2266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.