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Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Stuttgart or Thessaloniki?

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 Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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. Stuttgart 8, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Stuttgart 58, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Stuttgart 62, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Stuttgart 42, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stuttgart 60, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Stuttgart 80, Thessaloniki 74: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Stuttgart 66, Thessaloniki 50: Stuttgart leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Stuttgart 72, Thessaloniki 60: Stuttgart leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Stuttgart 58, Thessaloniki 50: Stuttgart leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Stuttgart 40, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stuttgart 74, Thessaloniki 52: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stuttgart 64, Thessaloniki 33: Stuttgart leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stuttgart and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Stuttgart
57match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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StuttgartThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStuttgartThessaloniki
Official languageGermanGreek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation245 m6 m
Main airportStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureStuttgartThessaloniki
City population609,365309,617
People per km²2,93816,042
Museums within 10 km4232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.