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Cost of Living in Stockholm

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Stockholm is a very clean, safe city with great infrastructure and easy communication in English. It’s well-connected with good public transport and growing co-working spaces, making it convenient for remote workers. The city is also surrounded by nature, offering peaceful and calm daily life for those who enjoy a quiet lifestyle.

However, living in Stockholm is quite expensive, with high costs for hotels, eating out, and renting. The rental market is difficult to navigate due to strict local laws. The winters are long, dark, and cold, which can be challenging, and many people find it difficult to make friends. Social circles can feel closed, making it tough for newcomers, especially if staying long-term alone.

For visitors, there are some attractions such as museums and parks, but the city lacks ongoing activities and entertainment, especially outside the summer months. Nightlife is limited, with weekends being the most active, but weekdays generally quiet. While it is a great city for short stays or for those who already know people there, it may not be the best option for long-term stays unless in the right social circumstances.

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Nice place to live, but for travel not sure.
Things are very expensive if you want to stay in a hotel and eat out most of the time.
Price for cafe is not that crazy but still not the reasonable.
Not many fun places to go as a traveler.
But if you have a place you can cook by yourself, have some friends to hang out, and enjoy simple and quite lifestyle, then I do recommend to come Stockholm. I'm enjoying a peaceful and calm daily life here!

2 years ago

I absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons.
Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!

5 years ago

On the bright side: Clean and generally safe, good infrastructure, close to nature.
Negative side: One of the most difficult places in the world to make friends, not much happening in the city, very expensive and broken housing market. Many internationals with whom I have spoken feel very bad here

6 years ago

I've been living here for almost 4 years. I'm single, latin and worked in IT. A piece of advice: don't ever come here alone for long time unless you are either attractive or have incredible social skills. The darkness is the most depressive aspect of Sweden but the people are not far from it either. Everyone thinks Sweden is very "progressive" but the people act as living in a small village anyway and are old fashion, specially regarding their social circles. My conclusion is that this is a place to come and have a family for the social benefits and nothing else. And even then you still need to go through 7 months of what any warm country considers winter and 3-4 months of above average dark days.

6 years ago

Just got back from spending a month in Stockholm (Feb-Mar), enjoyed the experience but perhaps went at the wrong time of the year as the weather was a bit wet / cold.

Was staying in hostels (~$30/night) and met some really interesting people - hostels were busy during the weekends but only about 30% full during weekdays (probably due to time of year).

Found the city about as expensive as London (where I'm from). City was very clean, easy to walk around and people were friendly with perfect English (and more than happy to speak in English).

I worked in SUP46 co-working space (free to work in the hot-desking area) and cafe's around the city (Espresso House was a good option). I looked at a few different co-working spaces but most were pay-monthly, which maybe I would have picked if I was living there longer.

My biggest issue was that there didn't seem to be much going on, I went to a few museums (recommend the Vasa museum) and explored some parks on the weekends (good for running around), however after the first couple of weeks, I ran out of things to see / do in my spare time. In the summer, I imagine people would go hiking around Stockholm, however the weather didn't allow me to.

Nightlife was okay, there is a great pub crawl called "Stockholm Pub Crawl", which is on every Friday and Saturday, highly recommend going as you'll meet some really interesting people. I ended up going on it a few times. Nightlife on weekdays seemed pretty dead.

Final point about weather, it was a little cold (-3 degrees C) when I got there and snowed / rained quite a few days, but was getting better by the time I left. I'd recommend going between April and September, as outside of these months it does get very dark and cold.

Overall, a city worth checking out (probably the best city out of Norway, Sweden and Finland) but not for longer than 4 weeks.

6 years ago

Quite pricey, but not as bad as London. Great underground. The city is very clean. Food is ok, but far from amazing. Rental market is very difficult, which every property agency would confirm. Renting is not only expensive, but also problematic due to the local law. Be sure to read up before looking for a place as even verbal agreements are legally binding. Communicating in English is easy as almost everyone speaks the language reasonably well, however good luck in finding anything written in English. No directions, no product descriptions, nothing.

I found Swedes to be very friendly and helpful. Overall not a bad place to be, if you can bear the cold (expected, not bad) and the darkness (was quite a surprise, it's worse than it seems, very depressing).

6 years ago

✅ Very clean

✅ Very safe

✅ Friendly people

✅ Good infrastructure

✅ Easy to communicate in English

✅ Close to nature

✅ Growing co-working spaces

✅ Fast internet

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Everyone speaks English

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Very family friendly

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ Very expensive

❌ Difficult rental market

❌ Not much happening in the city

❌ Dark and cold winters

❌ Hard to make friends

❌ Cold now

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Very damp now

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Feels crowded

❌ Very difficult to make friends

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Humidity

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46mm

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Cloud

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Air quality

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Remote workers

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Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

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600 remote workers in Stockholm now, of which 2+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

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Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	2.77/5 (Rank #171) 948 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍6 liked it 👎2 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Good
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	🧐 Pricey: $3,586 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 36Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Good
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥶 Too cold: 10°C50°F (feels 9°C48°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	💦 Damp: 72%
💨 Air quality (now)	🌱 Good: 65 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Great: 9 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Good
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Great
💰 Income level*	Very high: $4,224 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Great
😤 People density	🧘‍♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Good
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Great
🍸 Nightlife	Good
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Okay
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Great
👩 Female friendly	Great
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Great
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	Sweden
🗓️ Average trip length	6 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	36 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌥 10°C 50°F + 💦 Damp (72%) = feels 9°C 48°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 65 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👍 9 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay	Södermalms
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood	Kungsholmens
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100 SEK in USD	USD 9.99
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	SEK 1,000 = USD 100
💸 Tipping	Yes, 5%
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
💻 Best coworking space	Impact Hub
💻 Best alt. coworking space	The Entrepreneur's Church
☕️ Best coffee place	Coffice
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Café Koppen
🚰 Tap water	👌 Yes, safe to drink
♻️ Return rate	👍10% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	2,471,200 visitors
📸 Tourists now	47,360 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	790,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$50,687 / year
😤 Population density	🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 47% 👱‍♀️ 53%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 53% 👱‍♀️ 47%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 82% 👱‍♀️ 18%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Webhallen
🏠 Apartment listings	Blocket
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	SAS
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	SAS
🏥 Best hospital	S:t Görans Sjukhus

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$3,586 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$2,648 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$6,766 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$1,933 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$2,060 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,554 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$1,578 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$96 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$84 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$270 / month
🍛 Dinner	$10
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$2
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$8
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4
👩‍🏫 International school	$8,739 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$17 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$12 / trip