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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Bologna 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 Bologna for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Bologna 30, Strasbourg 10: Bologna leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Strasbourg 66: Bologna leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Strasbourg 70: Bologna leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Strasbourg 40: Bologna leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Strasbourg 80: Bologna leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Strasbourg 52: Bologna leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Strasbourg 44: Bologna leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Strasbourg 56: Bologna leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaStrasbourg
Official languageItalianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation54 m132 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaStrasbourg
City population387,971293,771
People per km²2,7543,752
Museums within 10 km6821
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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. 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.