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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • beaches
  • families
  • culture and sights

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. Frankfurt 8, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Stockholm 68: Frankfurt leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Stockholm 30: Frankfurt leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Stockholm 65: Frankfurt leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches 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.

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 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. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtStockholm
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
Elevation101 m22 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtStockholm
City population760,656984,748
People per km²3,0635,260
Museums within 10 km53266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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.