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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Positano 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 Positano for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Positano 77, Stuttgart 8: Positano leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Stuttgart 42: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Stuttgart 60: Positano leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Stuttgart 80: Positano leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Positano 45, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Positano 10, Stuttgart 40: Stuttgart leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano 15, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Positano
42match

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

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoStuttgart
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
Elevation142 m245 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePositanoStuttgart
City population3,729609,365
People per km²4292,938
Museums within 10 km1042
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.