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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Marseille 72, Stuttgart 8: Marseille leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Stuttgart 58: Marseille leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Stuttgart 62: Marseille leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Stuttgart 42: Marseille leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Stuttgart 60: Marseille leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Stuttgart 80: Marseille leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Stuttgart 40: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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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MarseilleStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleStuttgart
Official languageFrenchGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m245 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleStuttgart
City population886,040609,365
People per km²3,6832,938
Museums within 10 km2742
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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.