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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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. Montpellier 64, Stuttgart 8: Montpellier leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Stuttgart 58: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Stuttgart 42: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Stuttgart 60: Montpellier leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Stuttgart 80: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Stuttgart 72: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Stuttgart 40: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 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: Montpellier and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 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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MontpellierStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierStuttgart
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
Elevation7 m245 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierStuttgart
City population310,240609,365
People per km²5,4522,938
Museums within 10 km1442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.