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Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden
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Reaching Stockholm from London emits 42.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (23h 24m each way) against 360 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 17.3 °C in July and -1.8 °C in January.

Stockholm is Sweden's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within Stockholm County (as of 2021). — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Stockholm is warmest in July (17.3 °C), sunniest in June (15.1 h a day); coldest in January (-1.8 °C). Month by month

42.3kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
360kg CO₂e return by air, from London
15.1hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Stockholm. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,125 km33.2 kg18h 12m283 kg5h
Barcelona2,279 km67.2 kg30h 6m573 kg6h 30m
Berlin810 km23.9 kg13h 42m204 kg4h 36m
Birmingham1,451 km55.4 kg26h 6m365 kg5h 24m
Bristol1,561 km56.0 kg26h 24m393 kg5h 36m
Brussels1,280 km37.8 kg20h 30m322 kg5h 12m
Cardiff1,590 km59.3 kg26h 42m400 kg5h 36m
Copenhagen522 km15.4 kg6h 48m131 kg4h 12m
Dublin1,629 km——410 kg5h 42m
Edinburgh1,314 km85.2 kg29h 6m330 kg5h 18m
Frankfurt1,186 km35.0 kg17h 18m298 kg5h 6m
Glasgow1,378 km86.9 kg29h 18m347 kg5h 18m
Leeds1,343 km64.1 kg27h338 kg5h 18m
Lisbon2,989 km88.2 kg45h752 kg7h 30m
Liverpool1,445 km65.3 kg27h364 kg5h 24m
London1,433 km42.3 kg23h 24m360 kg5h 24m
Madrid2,593 km76.5 kg33h 42m652 kg7h
Manchester1,401 km63.3 kg26h 54m352 kg5h 24m
Milan1,652 km48.7 kg25h 48m416 kg5h 42m
Munich1,314 km38.8 kg18h 6m331 kg5h 18m
Newcastle1,276 km74.3 kg27h 36m321 kg5h 12m
Nottingham1,378 km56.4 kg26h 30m347 kg5h 18m
Oslo417 km12.3 kg7h 24m105 kg4h 6m
Paris1,544 km45.6 kg22h388 kg5h 36m
Prague1,054 km31.1 kg17h 12m265 kg4h 54m
Rome1,977 km58.3 kg29h 18m497 kg6h 6m
Sheffield1,366 km60.6 kg26h 48m344 kg5h 18m
Southampton1,543 km51.2 kg26h 6m388 kg5h 36m
Vienna1,242 km36.6 kg20h312 kg5h 12m
Warsaw810 km23.9 kg13h 36m204 kg4h 36m
Zurich1,469 km43.4 kg22h 48m370 kg5h 30m

The year in Stockholm

Average temperature, °C — warmest in July
January: -1.8 °C-1.8 °CJanFebruary: -0.4 °CFebMarch: 0.7 °CMarApril: 4.3 °CAprMay: 12.2 °CMayJune: 16.8 °CJunJuly: 17.3 °C17.3 °CJulAugust: 17.0 °CAugSeptember: 14.6 °CSepOctober: 7.8 °COctNovember: 2.2 °CNovDecember: -0.8 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June
January: 1.9 hJanFebruary: 3.2 hFebMarch: 5.3 hMarApril: 8.1 hAprMay: 14.0 hMayJune: 15.1 h15.1 hJunJuly: 13.7 hJulAugust: 10.3 hAugSeptember: 8.2 hSepOctober: 5.7 hOctNovember: 2.7 hNovDecember: 1.3 h1.3 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C-1.8-0.40.74.312.216.817.317.014.67.82.2-0.8
Sun h/day1.93.25.38.114.015.113.710.38.25.72.71.3
Rain mm/day1.91.61.71.31.01.93.82.51.92.51.61.6

When to go

Stockholm is warmest in July at 17.3 °C but brightest in June, averaging 15.1 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at -1.8 °C.

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmestJuly17.3 °C · 13.7 h sun · 3.8 mm rainSee rooms in July →sunniestJune16.8 °C · 15.1 h sun · 1.9 mm rainSee rooms in June →

How busy it gets

Stockholms län records 6.4 overnight stays per resident a year (15,753,490 nights in 2025). Comparatively quiet by European standards.

Eurostat, nights spent at tourist accommodation by NUTS 3 region, against resident population. Shown for context only — it plays no part in which destinations appear or in what order. Eurostat does not cover the United Kingdom after 2016, nor North Africa or the Levant at all, so this figure is absent for roughly a third of the destinations here.

Where to stay in Stockholm

Places to stay in Stockholm, Sweden, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.

Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.