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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Porto 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 Porto for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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. Porto 40, Stuttgart 8: Porto leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Stuttgart 58: Porto leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Stuttgart 62: Porto leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Stuttgart 42: Porto leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Stuttgart 60: Porto leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Porto 62, Stuttgart 40: Porto leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Porto
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °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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PortoStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoStuttgart
Official languagePortugueseGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation104 m245 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoStuttgart
City population273,476609,365
People per km²6,6062,938
Museums within 10 km4242
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.