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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Palermo 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 Palermo for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • families
  • getting around

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. Palermo 77, Stuttgart 8: Palermo leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Stuttgart 58: Palermo leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Stuttgart 62: Palermo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Palermo 58, Stuttgart 42: Palermo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo 72, Stuttgart 60: Palermo leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Stuttgart 80: Palermo leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo 44, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Stuttgart 40: Palermo leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo 30, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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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Where the figures come from

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoStuttgart
Official languageItalianGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m245 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoStuttgart
City population630,167609,365
People per km²3,9242,938
Museums within 10 km4242
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.