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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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. Luang Prabang 14, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Stockholm 30: Luang Prabang leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Stockholm 56: Luang Prabang leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangStockholm
Official languageLaoSwedish
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190112
Elevation305 m22 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangStockholm
City population53,792984,748
People per km²-5,260
Museums within 10 km0266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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). 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. 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. 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.