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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Malaga 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 Malaga for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Malaga 77, Stuttgart 8: Malaga leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Stuttgart 58: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Stuttgart 62: Malaga leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Stuttgart 42: Malaga leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Stuttgart 60: Malaga leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Stuttgart 80: Malaga leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Stuttgart 66: Malaga leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Stuttgart 40: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °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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MalagaStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaStuttgart
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
Elevation18 m245 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaStuttgart
City population599,063609,365
People per km²1,5172,938
Museums within 10 km3242
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.