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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Stockholm or Victoria?

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
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Victoria 50: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Victoria 42: Stockholm leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Victoria 30: Stockholm leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Victoria 54: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Victoria 62: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Victoria 60: Stockholm leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Victoria 40: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Victoria 40: Stockholm leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Victoria 48: Stockholm leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Victoria.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmVictoria
Official languageSwedishFrench, English
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation22 m23 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmVictoria
City population984,74891,867
People per km²5,2604,711
Museums within 10 km2666
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

Where else could you go?

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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.