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The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Philadelphia 36, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Philadelphia 62, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Philadelphia 72, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Philadelphia 55, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Philadelphia 52, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Philadelphia 80, Stockholm 68: Philadelphia leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Philadelphia 68, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Philadelphia 66, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Philadelphia 57, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Philadelphia 40, Stockholm 30: Philadelphia leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Philadelphia 72, Stockholm 65: Philadelphia leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Philadelphia 26, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Philadelphia and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Philadelphia
57match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhiladelphiaStockholm
Official language-Swedish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m22 m
Main airportPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhiladelphiaStockholm
City population1,603,797984,748
People per km²4,3395,260
Museums within 10 km54266
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.