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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Scottsdale 8, Strasbourg 10: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Strasbourg 40: Scottsdale leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Strasbourg 62: Scottsdale leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Strasbourg 52: Scottsdale leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Strasbourg 55: Scottsdale leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and nightlife with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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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ScottsdaleStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleStrasbourg
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation380 m132 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleStrasbourg
City population241,361293,771
People per km²-3,752
Museums within 10 km1021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.