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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Stockholm or York?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Stockholm leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, York 42: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, York 70: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, York 36: Stockholm leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, York 62: Stockholm leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, York 80: York leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, York 60: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, York 72: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, York 46: Stockholm leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, York 38: York leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, York 38: Stockholm leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, York 34: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and York.

Your match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on day trips 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

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). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmYork
Official languageSwedishEnglish
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation22 m25 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmYork
City population984,748208,400
People per km²5,260766
Museums within 10 km26624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.