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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • families
  • shopping
  • beaches

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. Plovdiv 7, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Stockholm 68: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Stockholm 30: Plovdiv leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 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

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

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. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivStockholm
Official languageBulgarianSwedish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m22 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivStockholm
City population333,994984,748
People per km²3,2745,260
Museums within 10 km18266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.