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The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

San Jose 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 San Jose for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. San Jose 30, Stuttgart 8: San Jose leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. San Jose 56, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. San Jose 36, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. San Jose 33, Stuttgart 42: Stuttgart leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Jose 72, Stuttgart 60: San Jose leads by 12 points.
Day trips. San Jose 78, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Good for families. San Jose 65, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 1 points.
Getting around. San Jose 30, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. San Jose 48, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 10 points.
Affordability. San Jose 20, Stuttgart 40: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Jose 38, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Jose 30, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Jose and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

San Jose
45match

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

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

San Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °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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San JoseStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JoseStuttgart
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
Elevation25 m245 m
Main airportMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JoseStuttgart
City population1,013,240609,365
People per km²2,1672,938
Museums within 10 km1942
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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). 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.