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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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. Lisbon 50, Stuttgart 8: Lisbon leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Stuttgart 58: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Stuttgart 62: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Stuttgart 42: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Stuttgart 60: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Stuttgart 80: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Stuttgart 58: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Stuttgart 40: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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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LisbonStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonStuttgart
Official languagePortugueseGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m245 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonStuttgart
City population545,796609,365
People per km²5,4532,938
Museums within 10 km8042
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.