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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Stockholm or Taipei?

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 Stockholm for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Taipei for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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. Stockholm and Taipei are level on 40.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Taipei 68: Stockholm leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Taipei 72: Stockholm leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm and Taipei are level on 70.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Taipei 55: Stockholm leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Taipei.

Your match

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

Stockholm
64match

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

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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.

Taipei 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmTaipei
Official languageSwedishTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation22 m10 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmTaipei
City population984,7482,429,429
People per km²5,2608,938
Museums within 10 km26669
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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. 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.