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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Stockholm or Ushuaia?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Stockholm leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Ushuaia 40: Stockholm leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Ushuaia 22: Stockholm leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Ushuaia 18: Stockholm leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Ushuaia 14: Stockholm leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Ushuaia 40: Stockholm leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Ushuaia 45: Stockholm leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Ushuaia 22: Stockholm leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Ushuaia 10: Stockholm leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Ushuaia 26: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmUshuaia
Official languageSwedishSpanish
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation22 m23 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmUshuaia
City population984,74882,615
People per km²5,2603,592
Museums within 10 km2665
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.