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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • beaches

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. Madrid 5, Stuttgart 8: Stuttgart leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Stuttgart 58: Madrid leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Stuttgart 62: Madrid leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Stuttgart 42: Madrid leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid and Stuttgart are level on 60.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Stuttgart 80: Madrid leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Stuttgart 66: Madrid leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Stuttgart 72: Madrid leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Stuttgart 58: Madrid leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Stuttgart 40: Madrid leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Stuttgart 74: Madrid leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 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: Madrid and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 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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MadridStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridStuttgart
Official languageSpanishGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation663 m245 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridStuttgart
City population3,506,730609,365
People per km²5,8012,938
Museums within 10 km8842
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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. 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.