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The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

San Francisco 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 San Francisco for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. San Francisco 25, Strasbourg 10: San Francisco leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. San Francisco 82, Strasbourg 66: San Francisco leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. San Francisco 68, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. San Francisco 58, Strasbourg 40: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Francisco 80, Strasbourg 62: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Day trips. San Francisco 72, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Good for families. San Francisco and Strasbourg are level on 66.
Getting around. San Francisco 70, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. San Francisco 58, Strasbourg 52: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Affordability. San Francisco 14, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Francisco 76, Strasbourg 56: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Francisco 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: San Francisco and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

San Francisco
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 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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San FranciscoStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan FranciscoStrasbourg
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
Elevation16 m132 m
Main airportSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan FranciscoStrasbourg
City population873,965293,771
People per km²1,4553,752
Museums within 10 km5121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.