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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • 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. Quebec City 18, Strasbourg 10: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City and Strasbourg are level on 70.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Strasbourg 40: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Strasbourg 62: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Strasbourg 44: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City and Strasbourg are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Quebec City
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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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Quebec CityStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityStrasbourg
Official languageFrench, EnglishFrench
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation98 m132 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityStrasbourg
City population574,482293,771
People per km²1,1843,752
Museums within 10 km1621
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

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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.