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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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. Beijing 6, Stuttgart 8: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Stuttgart 58: Beijing leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Stuttgart 62: Beijing leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Stuttgart 42: Beijing leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing and Stuttgart are level on 60.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Stuttgart 80: Beijing leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Stuttgart 58: Beijing leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Stuttgart 40: Beijing leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 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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BeijingStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingStuttgart
Official languagePutonghuaGerman
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation43 m245 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingStuttgart
City population21,893,095609,365
People per km²1,3342,938
Museums within 10 km8342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.