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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Mombasa 82, Stuttgart 8: Mombasa leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Stuttgart 58: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Stuttgart 42: Mombasa leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Stuttgart 60: Mombasa leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Stuttgart 40: Mombasa leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 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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Where the figures come from

Mombasa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaStuttgart
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliGerman
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation50 m245 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaStuttgart
City population1,208,333609,365
People per km²4,1002,938
Museums within 10 km042
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.