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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Stockholm or Valparaiso?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Stockholm leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Valparaiso 50: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Valparaiso 62: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Valparaiso 56: Stockholm leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Valparaiso 60: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Valparaiso 63: Stockholm leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Valparaiso 33: Stockholm leads by 49 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Valparaiso 44: Stockholm leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Valparaiso 30: Stockholm leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Valparaiso 38: Stockholm leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Valparaiso 18: Stockholm leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Valparaiso.

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.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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.

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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmValparaiso
Official languageSwedishSpanish
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation22 m21 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmValparaiso
City population984,748296,655
People per km²5,2606,180
Museums within 10 km26617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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.