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Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Strasbourg or Tampa?

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 Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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. Strasbourg 10, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Strasbourg 66, Tampa 57: Strasbourg leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Strasbourg 70, Tampa 42: Strasbourg leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Strasbourg 40, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Strasbourg 62, Tampa 55: Strasbourg leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Strasbourg 80, Tampa 54: Strasbourg leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Strasbourg 66, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Strasbourg 79, Tampa 22: Strasbourg leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Strasbourg 52, Tampa 40: Strasbourg leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Strasbourg 44, Tampa 40: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Strasbourg 56, Tampa 47: Strasbourg leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Strasbourg 55, Tampa 30: Strasbourg leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Strasbourg and Tampa.

Your match

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

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

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

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStrasbourgTampa
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation132 m30 m
Main airportStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureStrasbourgTampa
City population293,771384,959
People per km²3,752848
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.