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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Monaco 68, Strasbourg 10: Monaco leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Strasbourg 40: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Strasbourg 62: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Strasbourg 80: Monaco leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco and Strasbourg are level on 52.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Strasbourg 56: Monaco leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco and Strasbourg are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Monaco
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoStrasbourg
Official languageFrenchFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation68 m132 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoStrasbourg
City population38,857293,771
People per km²18,5033,752
Museums within 10 km1421
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), 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.