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How much does a trip to Stockholm cost?

What a trip to Stockholm costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.

Food, getting around and sights in Stockholm come to kr 1,100–1,300 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top. Prices reviewed: November 2026.

Full Stockholm guide

Your trip

How much money you still need

Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.

6 nights

Counted at the child fares each operator publishes.

Travel style

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

Accommodation

We have no sample of hotel prices for this city yet, so we will not guess one. Type what you have seen and the lodging tax is worked out from it.

Adjust accommodation, food and the rest

In local currency. We do not estimate this: nobody knows what you will buy.

Already paid for

You still need, flights aside

kr 17,000–20,000

≈ $1,700 – $2,000 · rate of October 16, 2026

kr 1,200–1,400 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people

Expected
kr 17,000–20,000
Most trips land in here
Set aside
kr 20,000
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
kr 1,800
10% of the trip
  • Foodkr 8,000–10,000
  • Getting aroundkr 2,400–3,600
  • Airport, both wayskr 800–1,400
  • Sights and activitieskr 2,700–3,400
  • Nights outkr 750–1,700
  • Lodging tax and odds and endskr 660–870

Of that, in cash: kr 0–1,800

The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.

  • Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
  • Flights are not included.
  • You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles

What a day in Stockholm costs, by how you travel

Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.

Budget

kr 850–1,100 per person per day

Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

FoodLocal and cheap
kr 490–680
Getting aroundPublic transport
kr 170–260
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
kr 98–120
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
kr 38–53

Mid-range

kr 1,100–1,300 per person per day

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

FoodMixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
kr 570–740
Getting aroundPublic transport
kr 170–260
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
kr 200–240
Nights outNow and then
kr 54–120
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
kr 47–62

Comfort

kr 1,500–1,900 per person per day

The best food level we can price, public transport, two paid sights a day.

FoodRestaurants most of the time
kr 710–1,000
Getting aroundPublic transport
kr 170–260
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
kr 390–480
Nights outNow and then
kr 54–120
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
kr 64–88

A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.

By length of trip

How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in Stockholm

Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights. It is not the daily figure times the days: airport transfers are paid once, so they weigh less the longer you stay.

DaysBudgetMid-rangeComfort
3kr 3,100–3,800
kr 1,000–1,300 a day		kr 3,900–4,600
kr 1,300–1,500 a day		kr 5,100–6,200
kr 1,700–2,100 a day
5kr 4,800–5,900
kr 950–1,200 a day		kr 6,000–7,100
kr 1,200–1,400 a day		kr 8,000–9,700
kr 1,600–1,900 a day
7kr 6,500–8,000
kr 930–1,100 a day		kr 8,400–9,900
kr 1,200–1,400 a day		kr 11,000–14,000
kr 1,600–1,900 a day
10kr 9,000–11,000
kr 900–1,100 a day		kr 12,000–14,000
kr 1,200–1,400 a day		kr 16,000–19,000
kr 1,600–1,900 a day
14kr 12,000–15,000
kr 890–1,100 a day		kr 16,000–19,000
kr 1,200–1,400 a day		kr 22,000–26,000
kr 1,600–1,900 a day

Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.

Prices

What things cost in Stockholm

Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.

WhatPriceSource
Eating and drinking
Cinnamon bun (kanelbulle) to take away, Vete-Kattenkr 46.00From the source Nov 2026
Filter coffee or tea, Kvarnenkr 45.00From the source Nov 2026
Coffee or tea, Pelikankr 48.00From the source Nov 2026
Cappuccino, Café Saturnuskr 69.00From the source Nov 2026
Ramlösa sparkling water, 33 cl, Pelikankr 52.00From the source Nov 2026
Lunchtime dish of the day (dagens lunch) with salad, bread, coffee and a small cake, Kvarnenkr 155From the source Nov 2026
Weekly lunch menu (Monday to Thursday – Friday), Tennstopetkr 185–195From the source Nov 2026
Toast Skagen (prawns on toast), half portion, Pelikankr 195From the source Nov 2026
Swedish meatballs (köttbullar) at lunchtime, Kvarnenkr 245From the source Nov 2026
Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Kvarnenkr 275From the source Nov 2026
Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Den Gyldene Fredenkr 275From the source Nov 2026
Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Pelikankr 285From the source Nov 2026
Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Tennstopetkr 285From the source Nov 2026
Draught Falcon Export, 40 cl, Pelikankr 94.00From the source Nov 2026
Draught Pripps Blå, 40 cl, Den Gyldene Fredenkr 95.00From the source Nov 2026
Glass of house wine, Pelikankr 165From the source Nov 2026
Getting around
SL single ticket (75 minutes)kr 43.00From the source Nov 2026
SL 24-hour ticketkr 180From the source Nov 2026
SL 72-hour ticketkr 360From the source Nov 2026
SL 7-day ticketkr 470From the source Nov 2026
Arlanda Airport to the city by SL, with the airport feekr 200From the source Nov 2026
Arlanda Express, one waykr 349From the source Nov 2026
Sights
Vasa Museum (October to April – May to September)kr 195–240From the source Nov 2026
Royal Palace (off season – May to September)kr 220–240From the source Nov 2026

From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.

What each food level is made of

A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.

Local and cheap
From Cinnamon bun (kanelbulle) to take away, Vete-Katten + Lunchtime dish of the day (dagens lunch) with salad, bread, coffee and a small cake, Kvarnen + Toast Skagen (prawns on toast), half portion, Pelikan + Draught Falcon Export, 40 cl, Pelikan (kr 490) to Cinnamon bun (kanelbulle) to take away, Vete-Katten + Cappuccino, Café Saturnus + Weekly lunch menu (Monday to Thursday – Friday), Tennstopet + Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Kvarnen + Draught Pripps Blå, 40 cl, Den Gyldene Freden (kr 680).
Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
From Cinnamon bun (kanelbulle) to take away, Vete-Katten + Lunchtime dish of the day (dagens lunch) with salad, bread, coffee and a small cake, Kvarnen + Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Kvarnen + Draught Falcon Export, 40 cl, Pelikan (kr 570) to Cinnamon bun (kanelbulle) to take away, Vete-Katten + Cappuccino, Café Saturnus + Weekly lunch menu (Monday to Thursday – Friday), Tennstopet + Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Pelikan + Draught Pripps Blå, 40 cl, Den Gyldene Freden + Ramlösa sparkling water, 33 cl, Pelikan (kr 742).
Restaurants most of the time
From Coffee or tea, Pelikan + Swedish meatballs (köttbullar) at lunchtime, Kvarnen + Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Den Gyldene Freden + Draught Falcon Export, 40 cl, Pelikan + Ramlösa sparkling water, 33 cl, Pelikan (kr 714) to Cappuccino, Café Saturnus + Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Tennstopet + Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Pelikan + Glass of house wine, Pelikan × 2 + Ramlösa sparkling water, 33 cl, Pelikan (kr 1,021).
Getting around

Which ticket pays off

A pass is only cheaper past a certain number of rides. This is that number, worked out from the published fares.

  • 1-day pass at kr 180: it pays off from 5 rides a day at kr 43.00 each.
  • 3-day pass at kr 360: it pays off from 3 rides a day at kr 43.00 each.
  • 7-day pass at kr 470: it pays off from 2 rides a day at kr 43.00 each.

A pass only counts on the lines it covers. Check which ones before you buy.

Accommodation

What the night costs, and the tax on top

There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.

Lodging tax

No lodging tax is charged here. Reported Nov 2026

Which area to stay in Stockholm: the neighbourhood comparison

Saving

What saves money in Stockholm, and what does not

Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.

What saves

  • Eating “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: kr 140–280 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner”: kr 62–80 less per person per day.
  • “Filter coffee or tea, Kvarnen” (kr 45.00) instead of “Cappuccino, Café Saturnus” (kr 69.00): kr 24.00 less each time.
  • “Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Kvarnen” (kr 275) instead of “Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), Pelikan” (kr 285): kr 10.00 less each time.

What does not

  • The 1-day pass (kr 180) on fewer than 5 rides of kr 43.00 a day: it costs more than paying for each ticket.
Questions

Questions about money in Stockholm

How much money do you need for a week in Stockholm?

For seven days, kr 8,400–9,900 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

How much money do you need for 3 days in Stockholm?

For 3 days, kr 3,900–4,600 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

What is a realistic daily budget in Stockholm?

Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: kr 850–1,100 on the “Budget” style, kr 1,100–1,300 on the “Mid-range” style, and kr 1,500–1,900 on the “Comfort” style.

Can you travel to Stockholm on a budget?

The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: kr 850–1,100 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

How much does food cost in Stockholm?

From kr 490 per person per day (“Local and cheap”) to kr 1,000 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.

How much does transport cost in Stockholm?

A ride on public transport costs kr 43.00. The 1-day pass costs kr 180 and pays off from 5 rides a day at kr 43.00 each.

Is there a lodging tax in Stockholm?

None on record as of November 2026.

How much cash should you carry in Stockholm?

For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about kr 0–920 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.

Is it better to use cash or card in Stockholm?

By card: in general; restaurants in cities; trains and subway, short rides.

Do you tip in Stockholm?

Restaurants: optional.

Sources

Where every figure comes from

Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: November 2026.

The rest of Stockholm

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