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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Baden-Baden or Newport Beach?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Newport Beach 50: Newport Beach leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Newport Beach 20: Baden-Baden leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Newport Beach 33: Newport Beach leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Newport Beach 66: Baden-Baden leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Newport Beach 70: Baden-Baden leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Newport Beach 20: Baden-Baden leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden 38, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Newport Beach 15: Baden-Baden leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Newport Beach 46: Baden-Baden leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Newport Beach 44: Baden-Baden leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Baden-Baden
50match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenNewport Beach
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation181 m3 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenNewport Beach
City population56,95285,239
People per km²406622
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.