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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • families

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. Manchester 9, Stuttgart 8: Manchester leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Stuttgart 42: Manchester leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Stuttgart 60: Manchester leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Stuttgart 58: Manchester leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Stuttgart 40: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester and Stuttgart are level on 74.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 49 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Manchester
54match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness 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.

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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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ManchesterStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterStuttgart
Official languageEnglishGerman
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation38 m245 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterStuttgart
City population547,627609,365
People per km²4,7372,938
Museums within 10 km2842
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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). 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.