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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • day trips
  • families
  • 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. Cartagena 70, Strasbourg 10: Cartagena leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Strasbourg 40: Cartagena leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Strasbourg 44: Cartagena leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 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: Cartagena and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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CartagenaStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaStrasbourg
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m132 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaStrasbourg
City population914,552293,771
People per km²1,5993,752
Museums within 10 km221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.