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The wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind, Queenstown
QueenstownThe wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Queenstown by Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Queenstown 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 Queenstown for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Queenstown 20, Stuttgart 8: Queenstown leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Queenstown 45, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Queenstown 12, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Queenstown and Stuttgart are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Queenstown 97, Stuttgart 60: Queenstown leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Queenstown 50, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Queenstown 60, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Queenstown 45, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Queenstown 28, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Queenstown 20, Stuttgart 40: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Queenstown 14, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Queenstown 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: Queenstown and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Queenstown
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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.

Queenstown in July

6 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
115 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
9 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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Where the figures come from

Queenstown has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Queenstown: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQueenstownStuttgart
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriGerman
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation324 m245 m
Main airportQueenstown Airport (ZQN)7 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureQueenstownStuttgart
City population29,000609,365
People per km²-2,938
Museums within 10 km042
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.