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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

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

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Charleston 72, Strasbourg 10: Charleston leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Strasbourg 66: Charleston leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Strasbourg 40: Charleston leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Strasbourg 52: Charleston leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 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: Charleston and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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CharlestonStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonStrasbourg
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m132 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonStrasbourg
City population150,227293,771
People per km²5323,752
Museums within 10 km1921
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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.