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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

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

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Brisbane 55, Strasbourg 10: Brisbane leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Strasbourg 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Strasbourg 62: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Strasbourg 66: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 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: Brisbane and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneStrasbourg
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m132 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneStrasbourg
City population2,706,966293,771
People per km²1713,752
Museums within 10 km1621
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.