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Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Stuttgart or Valparaiso?

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 Valparaiso for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Stuttgart 58, Valparaiso 50: Stuttgart leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Stuttgart and Valparaiso are level on 62.
Nightlife. Stuttgart 42, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stuttgart and Valparaiso are level on 60.
Day trips. Stuttgart 80, Valparaiso 63: Stuttgart leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Stuttgart 66, Valparaiso 33: Stuttgart leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Stuttgart 72, Valparaiso 44: Stuttgart leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Stuttgart 58, Valparaiso 30: Stuttgart leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Stuttgart 40, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stuttgart 74, Valparaiso 38: Stuttgart leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stuttgart 64, Valparaiso 18: Stuttgart leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stuttgart and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

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

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStuttgartValparaiso
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation245 m21 m
Main airportStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureStuttgartValparaiso
City population609,365296,655
People per km²2,9386,180
Museums within 10 km4217
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.