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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

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. Ghent 25, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Stockholm 68: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Stockholm 30: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Ghent
54match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentStockholm
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSwedish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m22 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentStockholm
City population272,657984,748
People per km²1,7285,260
Museums within 10 km30266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.