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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

New Orleans 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 New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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. New Orleans 14, Stuttgart 8: New Orleans leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Stuttgart 58: New Orleans leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Stuttgart 62: New Orleans leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Stuttgart 42: New Orleans leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Stuttgart 60: Stuttgart leads by 18 points.
Day trips. New Orleans 52, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 28 points.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 11 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Affordability. New Orleans and Stuttgart are level on 40.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans 80, Stuttgart 74: New Orleans leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 25, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °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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New OrleansStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansStuttgart
Official language-German
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m245 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansStuttgart
City population383,997609,365
People per km²4232,938
Museums within 10 km1642
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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.