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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Stockholm or Valencia?

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
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Valencia 68: Stockholm leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Valencia 60: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Valencia 75: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Valencia 76: Stockholm leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Valencia 57: Stockholm leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Valencia 55: Stockholm leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Valencia 42: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Valencia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Stockholm
64match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Valencia
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmValencia
Official languageSwedishSpanish
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 m15 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmValencia
City population984,748840,792
People per km²5,2606,242
Museums within 10 km26645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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.