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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Adelaide or Strasbourg?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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. Adelaide 68, Strasbourg 10: Adelaide leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Strasbourg 66: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Strasbourg 40: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Strasbourg 62: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Strasbourg 66: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Strasbourg 56: Adelaide leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Adelaide
56match

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

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 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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AdelaideStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideStrasbourg
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m132 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideStrasbourg
City population1,387,290293,771
People per km²1,0713,752
Museums within 10 km1321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.