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A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Samarkand 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 Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • 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. Samarkand 4, Stuttgart 8: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Samarkand 54, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Samarkand 84, Stuttgart 62: Samarkand leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Samarkand 14, Stuttgart 42: Stuttgart leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Samarkand 40, Stuttgart 60: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Samarkand 72, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Samarkand 30, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Samarkand 58, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Samarkand 42, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Samarkand 80, Stuttgart 40: Samarkand leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Samarkand 24, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Samarkand 32, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Samarkand and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine 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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SamarkandStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSamarkandStuttgart
Official languageUzbekGerman
CurrencyUzbekistan Sum (UZS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation702 m245 m
Main airportSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSamarkandStuttgart
City population546,303609,365
People per km²5,0582,938
Museums within 10 km1142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.