Cost of living · Stockholm · Sweden · 2023
🇸🇪 Cost of living in Stockholm
What it costs to live in Stockholm - rent, groceries, utilities and getting around, in local euros, plus how the city compares with Sweden and the rest of Europe.
- City price index
- 118
- Rent, 1-bed centre
- €1,450
- Monthly essentials
- €1,585
- Transit pass
- €85
Stockholm · Sweden · 2023
Stockholm's city price index is 118 (EU-27 = 100), 4% below Sweden's national average of 123, about €1,585/month for core essentials outside the centre.
- 118
- city price index
- €1,450
- 1-bed centre rent
- €1,585
- monthly essentials
- 123
- Sweden avg
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Estimated monthly essentials
€1,585 / month
A single person renting a one-bedroom flat outside the centre: rent + groceries + utilities + a transit pass. This is a core-costs estimate and excludes discretionary spending such as eating out, leisure and travel.
Rent in Stockholm
Monthly rent bars plus the city price-index dial against Sweden's national average: two TYPES, same vintage.
Stockholm - average monthly rent (EUR)
🇸🇪 Stockholm vs Sweden avg
Gauge reads the same city price index (118); the tick marks Sweden avg (123).
Average advertised monthly rents in Stockholm. Living outside the centre typically saves €350 a month on a one-bedroom flat.
How Stockholm compares across every city we track
Stockholm's city price index of 118 is cheaper than 47% of the 17 European cities on this site, ranking 8th cheapest overall on the EU-27 = 100 scale - not just against Sweden, but the full tracked distribution.
Stockholm: city price index vs. every tracked European city
City price index, EU-27 = 100 - Eurostat urban audit
118 41st percentile higher than 41% of 17 tracked European cities
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Source Eurostat urban audit + national statistics offices · 2023
Living costs in Stockholm, in context
Stockholm carries a mild discount against its national average, rather than the premium most capitals carry. Even so, this remains one of the country's largest and most in-demand cities, so the gap is smaller than it might first appear.
Rent is the line that dominates a city budget. In Stockholm, a one-bedroom flat runs €1,450 in the centre and €1,100 outside it, a gap of €350 a month - a fairly typical centre premium, so where in the city you live matters, though not as decisively as in the priciest capitals. A family-sized three-bedroom flat in the centre is around €2,800.
The steadier costs fill out the rest of the budget, and Stockholm's monthly transit pass at €85 runs relatively higher here than the groceries basket (€295) or utilities (€105) - still almost always cheaper than running a car once fuel, parking and insurance are counted, but less of a bargain than in most other cities on this site.
Cities with a similar cost of living
What to do with this Stockholm data
Helsinki, Finland tracks closest to Stockholm's cost index -- a real-world benchmark if you are weighing this city against an alternative.
- See Helsinki's full cost profile
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These are city-level averages for general information, not a personal budget. The monthly-essentials figure is a core-costs estimate only; real costs depend on your neighbourhood, flat and lifestyle.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to live in Stockholm?
For a single person renting a one-bedroom flat outside the centre, core monthly essentials in Stockholm - rent (€1,100), groceries (€295), utilities (€105) and a transit pass (€85) - come to about €1,585 a month, before any discretionary spending. On the EU-27 = 100 price scale, Stockholm sits at index 118.
How much is rent in Stockholm?
A one-bedroom flat in the city centre averages €1,450 a month, €1,100 outside the centre. A three-bedroom flat in the centre is around €2,800. Rent is the largest part of any city budget.
Is Stockholm expensive compared to the rest of Sweden?
Stockholm's city price index of 118 is about 4% below Sweden's national average of 123 (EU-27 = 100). Capitals and big cities almost always cost more than the national figure.
Where does this Stockholm data come from?
Figures are drawn from SCB urban audit (2023). The city price index is on the same EU-27 = 100 scale used across the site; rent, grocery, utility and transit figures are local monthly amounts in euros.
How does Stockholm compare to other cities we track?
Stockholm's city price index of 118 is cheaper than 47% of the 17 European cities on this site, ranking 8th cheapest overall. This places it against the full tracked distribution, not just its own country's cities.
PlainCostOfLiving is rendered directly from Eurostat comparative price levels and median equivalised net income, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026. Primary sources: Eurostat comparative price levels (prc_ppp_ind) and Eurostat median equivalised net income (ilc_di03).