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Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Strasbourg or Tromso?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Strasbourg 66, Tromso 36: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Strasbourg 70, Tromso 27: Strasbourg leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Strasbourg 40, Tromso 38: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Strasbourg 62, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Strasbourg 80, Tromso 14: Strasbourg leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Strasbourg 66, Tromso 45: Strasbourg leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Strasbourg 79, Tromso 60: Strasbourg leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Strasbourg 52, Tromso 15: Strasbourg leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Strasbourg 44, Tromso 11: Strasbourg leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Strasbourg 56, Tromso 32: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Strasbourg 55, Tromso 38: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Strasbourg and Tromso.

Your match

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

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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StrasbourgTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStrasbourgTromso
Official languageFrenchNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation132 m20 m
Main airportStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureStrasbourgTromso
City population293,77179,943
People per km²3,75232
Museums within 10 km218
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.