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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • wellness

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. Portland 20, Stuttgart 8: Portland leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Stuttgart 58: Portland leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Stuttgart 42: Portland leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Stuttgart 60: Portland leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Stuttgart 40: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 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: Portland and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortlandStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandStuttgart
Official language-German
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m245 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandStuttgart
City population652,503609,365
People per km²1,7362,938
Museums within 10 km1742
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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. 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.