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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

New Orleans 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 New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • 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. New Orleans 14, Strasbourg 10: New Orleans leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Strasbourg 66: New Orleans leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Strasbourg 40: New Orleans leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 20 points.
Day trips. New Orleans 52, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 28 points.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Strasbourg 52: New Orleans leads by 2 points.
Affordability. New Orleans 40, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans 80, Strasbourg 56: New Orleans leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 25, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness 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.

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °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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New OrleansStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansStrasbourg
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m132 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansStrasbourg
City population383,997293,771
People per km²4233,752
Museums within 10 km1621
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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.