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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • families
  • shopping
  • 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. Plovdiv 7, Strasbourg 10: Strasbourg leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Strasbourg 40: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Strasbourg 62: Plovdiv leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Strasbourg 44: Plovdiv leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivStrasbourg
Official languageBulgarianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m132 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivStrasbourg
City population333,994293,771
People per km²3,2743,752
Museums within 10 km1821
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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). 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. 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.