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Portugal · Sweden

Lisbon vs Stockholm: cost, safety and weather compared (2026)

Every figure below comes from the same datasets for both cities, so the two columns are comparable.

Lisbon and Stockholm compared on cost, safety, weather and size
LisbonPortugalStockholmSweden
Daily cost, per personestimate
Budget$55$90
Mid-range$135$210
Luxury$285$450
Price level0.60× US (2025)0.87× US (2025)
US advisoryLevel 1Level 2
Best monthsMay, Jun, Jul and AugJun, Jul, Aug and Sep
Annual rain678 mm654 mm
Average high22.1 °C11.1 °C
Population518K1.5M
Time zoneEurope/LisbonEurope/Stockholm

The short answer

Lisbon is about 36 % cheaper per day than Stockholm, $135 against $210 (mid-range estimate). Lisbon has the lower US advisory level (1 vs 2). In September, the daily average is 22 °C in Lisbon and 15 °C in Stockholm.

Keep reading

City overviews

  • Lisbon overview
  • Stockholm overview

Cost and safety in detail

  • Lisbon trip cost
  • Is Lisbon safe?
  • Stockholm trip cost
  • Is Stockholm safe?

Where they rank

  • Cheapest cities in Europe
  • Safest cities in Europe

Countries

  • All cities in Portugal
  • All cities in Sweden

Sources

  • GeoNames city database — CC BY 4.0, fetched September 14, 2026
  • Open-Meteo climate archive — CC BY 4.0, fetched September 21, 2026
  • World Bank price level and exchange rate — CC BY 4.0, data year 2025
  • US State Department travel advisories — public domain, fetched September 21, 2026

Dates are the most recent fetch across the cities on this page. Every sentence here is generated from the data by rule, with no AI writing; the formulas are public.