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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain.

Baden-Baden or Nuevo Vallarta?

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

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuevo Vallarta’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, Nuevo Vallarta 84: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Nuevo Vallarta 40: Baden-Baden leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Baden-Baden leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Baden-Baden leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Nuevo Vallarta 25: Baden-Baden leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden 38, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Baden-Baden leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Baden-Baden leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Nuevo Vallarta 55: Baden-Baden leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden and Nuevo Vallarta.

Your match

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

Baden-Baden
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

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

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Baden-BadenNuevo Vallarta

Where the figures come from

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenNuevo Vallarta
Official languageGermanSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation181 m3 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenNuevo Vallarta
City population56,9521,301
People per km²406-
Museums within 10 km110
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.