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Sweden · Austria

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

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

Stockholm and Vienna compared on cost, safety, weather and size
StockholmSwedenViennaAustria
Daily cost, per personestimate
Budget$90$85
Mid-range$210$200
Luxury$450$425
Price level0.87× US (2025)0.82× US (2025)
US advisoryLevel 2Level 1
Best monthsJun, Jul, Aug and SepJun, Jul, Aug and Sep
Annual rain654 mm714 mm
Average high11.1 °C16.4 °C
Population1.5M1.7M
Time zoneEurope/StockholmEurope/Vienna

The short answer

Vienna is about 5 % cheaper per day than Stockholm, $200 against $210 (mid-range estimate). Vienna has the lower US advisory level (1 vs 2). In September, the daily average is 15 °C in Stockholm and 18 °C in Vienna.

Keep reading

City overviews

  • Stockholm overview
  • Vienna overview

Cost and safety in detail

  • Stockholm trip cost
  • Is Stockholm safe?
  • Vienna trip cost
  • Is Vienna safe?

Where they rank

  • Cheapest cities in Europe
  • Safest cities in Europe

Countries

  • All cities in Sweden
  • All cities in Austria

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.