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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • wellness

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. Barcelona 75, Strasbourg 10: Barcelona leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Strasbourg 66: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Strasbourg 70: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Strasbourg 40: Barcelona leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Strasbourg 62: Barcelona leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Barcelona and Strasbourg are level on 80.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Strasbourg 66: Barcelona leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Strasbourg 79: Barcelona leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Strasbourg 52: Barcelona leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Barcelona and Strasbourg are level on 44.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Strasbourg 56: Barcelona leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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BarcelonaStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaStrasbourg
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation9 m132 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaStrasbourg
City population1,731,649293,771
People per km²17,0943,752
Museums within 10 km9521
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.