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The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Santa Marta 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 Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Santa Marta 70, Stockholm 40: Santa Marta leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Santa Marta 44, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Santa Marta 34, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Santa Marta 50, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santa Marta 84, Stockholm 72: Santa Marta leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Santa Marta 38, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Santa Marta 40, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Santa Marta 38, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Santa Marta 27, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Santa Marta 80, Stockholm 30: Santa Marta leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santa Marta 17, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santa Marta 30, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santa Marta and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
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. Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanta MartaStockholm
Official languageSpanishSwedish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation8 m22 m
Main airportSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanta MartaStockholm
City population505,915984,748
People per km²1,7235,260
Museums within 10 km3266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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). 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. 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.