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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Stockholm or The Hague?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, The Hague 48: Stockholm leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, The Hague 66: Stockholm leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, The Hague 38: Stockholm leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, The Hague 52: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, The Hague 72: Stockholm leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, The Hague 78: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, The Hague 55: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, The Hague 58: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, The Hague 45: Stockholm leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and The Hague.

Your match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

The Hague
56match

Wins on day trips 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmThe Hague
Official languageSwedishDutch
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation22 m1 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmThe Hague
City population984,748548,320
People per km²5,2605,589
Museums within 10 km26654
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.