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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Portland 20, Strasbourg 10: Portland leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Strasbourg 66: Portland leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Strasbourg 40: Portland leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Strasbourg 62: Portland leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Portland and Strasbourg are level on 52.
Affordability. Portland 38, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 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: Portland and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Portland
52match

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

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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PortlandStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandStrasbourg
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m132 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandStrasbourg
City population652,503293,771
People per km²1,7363,752
Museums within 10 km1721
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). 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.