Climate
Linköping logs 144 sunny days a year to Stockholm's 148 — Stockholm wins by 4. Stockholm also leads on frost days by 2.
Linköping
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Dinner outside
Stockholm
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Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Stockholm averages $2,691/mo for balanced living; Linköping has no cost baseline yet.
Stockholm
$2,691monthly · balanced
Mobility
Stockholm scores 3.8 on mobility (0–5 scale); Linköping has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Stockholm's culture score of 4.2 sits well above Linköping's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Stockholm scores 4.7 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Linköping has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Stockholm scores 4.3 on safety (0–5 scale); Linköping has no safety baseline.
Career
Stockholm scores 4.2 on career (0–5 scale); Linköping has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Stockholm scores 3.0 on social & community (0–5 scale); Linköping has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Stockholm scores 4.0 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Linköping has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Stockholm scores 4.0 on family (0–5 scale); Linköping has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Stockholm scores 3.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Linköping has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Linköping averages 6.3 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Stockholm's 5.5 µg/m³ (good) — Stockholm breathes ~14% cleaner air (0.9 µg/m³ lower).
Linköping
Stockholm
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Linköping (85K) and Stockholm (1.5M) are 18x in population — Stockholm is the larger metro, Linköping the smaller; on land area Stockholm spans roughly 13x more ground.
Stockholm is roughly 15x the scale of Linköping
Combined population & area comparison
StockholmLinköpingCity Scale Rankings
Stockholm1.5M18xLinköping85K1xStockholm339 km²13xLinköping26 km²1xLinköping
Stockholm
Who Thrives Here
Stockholm is the stronger fit for the park & garden lover. Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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