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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
Durban

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Baden-Baden or Durban?

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 Baden-Baden for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Durban for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Durban’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. Baden-Baden 8, Durban 80: Durban leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Durban 60: Durban leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Durban 38: Baden-Baden leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Durban 40: Durban leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Durban 68: Baden-Baden leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Durban 38: Baden-Baden leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Durban 60: Durban leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Durban 20: Baden-Baden leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden 38, Durban 42: Durban leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Durban 72: Durban leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Durban 40: Baden-Baden leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Durban 30: Baden-Baden leads by 66 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden and Durban.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Baden-Baden
50match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Durban
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Baden-BadenDurban

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenDurban
Official languageGermanEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation181 m22 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenDurban
City population56,952595,061
People per km²4062,634
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.