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The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Johannesburg by K, Pexels License; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg for

  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

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. Johannesburg 5, Stuttgart 8: Stuttgart leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Johannesburg and Stuttgart are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Johannesburg 56, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Johannesburg 62, Stuttgart 42: Johannesburg leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Johannesburg 55, Stuttgart 60: Stuttgart leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Johannesburg 52, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Johannesburg 42, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Johannesburg 18, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Johannesburg and Stuttgart are level on 58.
Affordability. Johannesburg 72, Stuttgart 40: Johannesburg leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Johannesburg 55, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Johannesburg 28, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Johannesburg and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 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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JohannesburgStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJohannesburgStuttgart
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageGerman
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1,753 m245 m
Main airportO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJohannesburgStuttgart
City population4,803,262609,365
People per km²2,9222,938
Museums within 10 km1442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.