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Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Penang 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 Penang for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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. Penang 44, Strasbourg 10: Penang leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Penang 86, Strasbourg 66: Penang leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Penang and Strasbourg are level on 70.
Nightlife. Penang and Strasbourg are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Penang 55, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Penang 42, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Penang 52, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Penang 40, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Penang 42, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Penang 78, Strasbourg 44: Penang leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Penang 30, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Penang 42, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Penang and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Penang
52match

Wins on beaches and prices 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.

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 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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PenangStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePenangStrasbourg
Official languageMalayFrench
CurrencyMalaysian Ringgit (MYR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation4 m132 m
Main airportPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePenangStrasbourg
City population794,313293,771
People per km²-3,752
Museums within 10 km921
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.