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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Stuttgart 8: Fort Lauderdale leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Stuttgart 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Stuttgart 60: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale and Stuttgart are level on 66.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Stuttgart 40: Stuttgart leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort LauderdaleStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleStuttgart
Official language-German
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m245 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleStuttgart
City population182,760609,365
People per km²1,8292,938
Museums within 10 km642
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.