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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Stockholm or Thessaloniki?

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
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Thessaloniki 73: Stockholm leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Thessaloniki 66: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Thessaloniki 50: Stockholm leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Thessaloniki 60: Stockholm leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Thessaloniki 50: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Thessaloniki 52: Stockholm leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Thessaloniki 33: Stockholm leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
61match

Wins on prices 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 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). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmThessaloniki
Official languageSwedishGreek
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation22 m6 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmThessaloniki
City population984,748309,617
People per km²5,26016,042
Museums within 10 km26632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.