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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • families
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Cartagena 70, Stockholm 40: Cartagena leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Stockholm 57: Cartagena leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Stockholm 30: Cartagena leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on families 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaStockholm
Official languageSpanishSwedish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m22 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaStockholm
City population914,552984,748
People per km²1,5995,260
Museums within 10 km2266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.