Region · Germany
Where to stay in Baden-Württemberg
This guide covers 33 destinations in Baden-Württemberg, a first-level administrative division of Germany, with 573 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Across its destinations, September is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Stuttgart Airport (STR).
- Destinations in this guide
- 33
- Places to stay
- 573
- Comfortable in the most places
- September
- Main airport
- STRStuttgart Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zones
- Europe/Berlin, Europe/Busingen
Destinations
Destinations in Baden-Württemberg
Every destination in this guide in Baden-Württemberg, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heilbronn | 132,516 | 107 | STR · 50 km |
| Baden-Baden | 56,952 | 68 | FKB · 12 km |
| Heidelberg | 156,092 | 46 | MHG · 15 km |
| Stuttgart | 609,365 | 33 | STR · 10 km |
| Sindelfingen | 61,428 | 32 | STR · 16 km |
| Karlsruhe | 309,247 | 25 | FKB · 35 km |
| Mannheim | 319,536 | 22 | MHG · 4 km |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | 238,299 | 21 | BSL · 50 km |
| Lahr/Schwarzwald | 51,208 | 15 | SXB · 29 km |
| Böblingen | 51,204 | 15 | STR · 16 km |
| Freudenstadt | 24,537 | 15 | FKB · 43 km |
| Ulm | 130,288 | 14 | FMM · 49 km |
| Tübingen | 92,607 | 14 | STR · 23 km |
| Offenburg | 63,437 | 13 | SXB · 24 km |
| Pforzheim | 134,422 | 12 | STR · 44 km |
| Constance | 86,691 | 11 | FDH · 25 km |
| Friedrichshafen | 62,781 | 11 | FDH · 3 km |
| Korntal-Münchingen | 19,666 | 10 | STR · 17 km |
| Villingen-Schwenningen | 89,766 | 9 | ZRH · 67 km |
| Göppingen | 58,678 | 9 | STR · 32 km |
| Ludwigsburg | 93,002 | 8 | STR · 23 km |
| Ravensburg | 50,549 | 8 | FDH · 15 km |
| Esslingen am Neckar | 95,419 | 7 | STR · 9 km |
| Aalen | 67,675 | 7 | STR · 66 km |
| Metzingen | 7 | STR · 18 km | |
| Waiblingen | 57,186 | 6 | STR · 17 km |
| Lörrach | 51,274 | 6 | BSL · 11 km |
| Heidenheim an der Brenz | 50,612 | 6 | STR · 69 km |
| Rottenburg am Neckar | 45,579 | 6 | STR · 32 km |
| Reutlingen | 119,040 | 4 | STR · 23 km |
| Bad Cannstatt | 69,409 | 4 | STR · 13 km |
| Schwäbisch Gmünd | 63,930 | 1 | STR · 44 km |
| Rastatt | 50,753 | 1 | FKB · 13 km |
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Baden-Württemberg
13 places to stay in Baden-Württemberg with a published guest score, ordered by that score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Each links to its own website.
| # | Place to stay | Where | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Esslingen hotel | Esslingen am Neckar | 151 | 91/100 7,313 reviews |
| 2 | Hotel Mannheimer Hof - Leonardo Limited Edition hotel | Mannheim | 192 | 91/100 4,013 reviews |
| 3 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Baden-Baden hotel | Baden-Baden | 121 | 90/100 7,324 reviews |
| 4 | Badischer Hof - Leonardo Limited Edition hotel | Baden-Baden | 153 | 94/100 418 reviews |
| 5 | Leonardo Hotel Heidelberg City Center hotel | Heidelberg | 124 | 88/100 7,095 reviews |
| 6 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Ulm hotel | Ulm | 148 | 88/100 4,460 reviews |
| 7 | Leonardo Hotel Mannheim-Ladenburg hotel | Mannheim | 128 | 88/100 3,010 reviews |
| 8 | Leonardo Hotel Karlsruhe hotel | Karlsruhe | 147 | 87/100 5,753 reviews |
| 9 | Leonardo Hotel Mannheim City Center hotel | Mannheim | 148 | 87/100 4,655 reviews |
| 10 | NYX Hotel Mannheim hotel | Mannheim | 151 | 86/100 6,555 reviews |
| 11 | Leonardo Hotel Heidelberg-Walldorf hotel | Heidelberg | 161 | 84/100 4,374 reviews |
| 12 | Leonardo Hotel Heidelberg hotel | Heidelberg | 169 | 83/100 6,822 reviews |
| 13 | Hotel Freiburg City Center by Leonardo Hotels hotel | Freiburg im Breisgau | 152 | 82/100 3,315 reviews |
Where to stay
More hotels in Baden-Württemberg
530 hotels in Baden-Württemberg recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Baden-Württemberg
From the climate of 33 destinations in Baden-Württemberg with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 33 | 4 °C | 50 mm |
| February | 0 of 33 | 6 °C | 42 mm |
| March | 0 of 33 | 11 °C | 46 mm |
| April | 0 of 33 | 16 °C | 42 mm |
| May | 18 of 33 | 20 °C | 79 mm |
| June | 4 of 33 | 23 °C | 87 mm |
| July | 4 of 33 | 25 °C | 88 mm |
| August | 18 of 33 | 25 °C | 80 mm |
| September | 32 of 33 | 20 °C | 60 mm |
| October | 0 of 33 | 14 °C | 62 mm |
| November | 0 of 33 | 8 °C | 53 mm |
| December | 0 of 33 | 5 °C | 56 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Baden-Württemberg
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Baden-Württemberg name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
STR · Stuttgart Airport
FKB · Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport
FDH · Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen
MHG · Mannheim-City Airport
SXB · Strasbourg Airport
BSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg
FMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport
ZRH · Zürich Airport
ACH · Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport
FRA · Frankfurt Main Airport
NUE · Nuremberg Airport
BRN · Bern Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Baden-Württemberg, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).
Nationwide in Germany
Regional holidays observed in Baden-Württemberg
Nearby
Regions near Baden-Württemberg
Other regions of Germany with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.