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Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Stuttgart or Valencia?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Stuttgart 58, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Stuttgart 62, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Stuttgart 42, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stuttgart and Valencia are level on 60.
Day trips. Stuttgart 80, Valencia 70: Stuttgart leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Stuttgart 66, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Stuttgart 72, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Stuttgart 58, Valencia 57: Stuttgart leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Stuttgart 40, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stuttgart 74, Valencia 55: Stuttgart leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stuttgart 64, Valencia 42: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stuttgart and Valencia.

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.

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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StuttgartValencia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStuttgartValencia
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation245 m15 m
Main airportStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureStuttgartValencia
City population609,365840,792
People per km²2,9386,242
Museums within 10 km4245
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.