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The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Orange Beach 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 Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Orange Beach 86, Strasbourg 10: Orange Beach leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Orange Beach 40, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Orange Beach 7, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Orange Beach 30, Strasbourg 40: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orange Beach 60, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Orange Beach 50, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Orange Beach 75, Strasbourg 66: Orange Beach leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Orange Beach 15, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Orange Beach 25, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Orange Beach 38, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orange Beach 32, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orange Beach 32, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orange Beach and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Orange BeachStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrange BeachStrasbourg
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
Elevation4 m132 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrange BeachStrasbourg
City population8,095293,771
People per km²1963,752
Museums within 10 km021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.