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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

AlUla or Stuttgart?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose AlUla for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on AlUla’s own page.

Choose Stuttgart for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. AlUla 3, Stuttgart 8: Stuttgart leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Stuttgart 62: AlUla leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Stuttgart 42: Stuttgart leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla 72, Stuttgart 60: AlUla leads by 12 points.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 60 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 31 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 43 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Stuttgart 40: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Stuttgart.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

AlUla
30match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

AlUla has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaStuttgart
Official languageArabicGerman
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 911112
Elevation692 m245 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaStuttgart
City population32,413609,365
People per km²-2,938
Museums within 10 km242
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.