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Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Strasbourg or Tunis?

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
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Strasbourg 66, Tunis 60: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Strasbourg 70, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Strasbourg 40, Tunis 33: Strasbourg leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Strasbourg 62, Tunis 45: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Strasbourg 80, Tunis 77: Strasbourg leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Strasbourg 66, Tunis 38: Strasbourg leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Strasbourg 79, Tunis 48: Strasbourg leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Strasbourg 52, Tunis 50: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Strasbourg 44, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Strasbourg 56, Tunis 38: Strasbourg leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Strasbourg 55, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Strasbourg and Tunis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStrasbourgTunis
Official languageFrenchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation132 m4 m
Main airportStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureStrasbourgTunis
City population293,771602,560
People per km²3,7522,834
Museums within 10 km2116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.