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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

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. Berlin 38, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Stockholm 64: Berlin leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Stockholm 77: Berlin leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Stockholm 57: Berlin leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Stockholm 30: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Stockholm 65: Berlin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Stockholm
64match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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

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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinStockholm
Official languageGermanSwedish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m22 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinStockholm
City population3,700,577984,748
People per km²4,1535,260
Museums within 10 km157266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.