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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Stockholm or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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 40, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Tampa 57: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Tampa 42: Stockholm leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Tampa 52: Stockholm leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Tampa 55: Stockholm leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Tampa 54: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Tampa 78: Stockholm leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Tampa 22: Stockholm leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Tampa 40: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Tampa 47: Stockholm leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Tampa 30: Stockholm leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Tampa.

Your match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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.

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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmTampa
Official languageSwedish-
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation22 m30 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmTampa
City population984,748384,959
People per km²5,260848
Museums within 10 km2666
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.