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Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Strasbourg or Victoria?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Victoria for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Strasbourg 66, Victoria 50: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Strasbourg 70, Victoria 42: Strasbourg leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Strasbourg 40, Victoria 30: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Strasbourg 62, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Strasbourg 80, Victoria 54: Strasbourg leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Strasbourg 66, Victoria 62: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Strasbourg 79, Victoria 60: Strasbourg leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Strasbourg 52, Victoria 40: Strasbourg leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Strasbourg 44, Victoria 34: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Strasbourg 56, Victoria 40: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Strasbourg 55, Victoria 48: Strasbourg leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Strasbourg and Victoria.

Your match

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

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

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

Victoria
47match

Wins on beaches and 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStrasbourgVictoria
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation132 m23 m
Main airportStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureStrasbourgVictoria
City population293,77191,867
People per km²3,7524,711
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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