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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • families
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Izmir 62, Stockholm 40: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Stockholm 64: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Stockholm 57: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Stockholm 68: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Stockholm 30: Izmir leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Stockholm 56: Izmir leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Izmir
62match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Stockholm
64match

Wins on families and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirStockholm
Official languageTurkishSwedish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m22 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirStockholm
City population4,493,242984,748
People per km²4,7605,260
Museums within 10 km29266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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. 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.