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Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Salvador 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 Salvador for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • getting around
  • families
  • shopping

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. Salvador 84, Stockholm 40: Salvador leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Salvador 66, Stockholm 64: Salvador leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Salvador 74, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Salvador 70, Stockholm 57: Salvador leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salvador 52, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Salvador 56, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Salvador 42, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Salvador 42, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Salvador 42, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Salvador 70, Stockholm 30: Salvador leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salvador 63, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salvador 32, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salvador and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Salvador
58match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around 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.

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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. Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalvadorStockholm
Official languagePortugueseSwedish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation8 m22 m
Main airportDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalvadorStockholm
City population2,417,678984,748
People per km²3,4895,260
Museums within 10 km49266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.