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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Stockholm or Tel Aviv?

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

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Tel Aviv 57: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Tel Aviv 52: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Tel Aviv 68: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Tel Aviv 64: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Tel Aviv 55: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Tel Aviv 14: Stockholm leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Tel Aviv 35: Stockholm leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Stockholm
64match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmTel Aviv
Official languageSwedishHebrew
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation22 m5 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmTel Aviv
City population984,748467,875
People per km²5,2608,998
Museums within 10 km26698
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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.