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Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Strasbourg or Virginia Beach?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Strasbourg 66, Virginia Beach 42: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Strasbourg 70, Virginia Beach 30: Strasbourg leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Strasbourg 40, Virginia Beach 37: Strasbourg leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Strasbourg 62, Virginia Beach 56: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Strasbourg 80, Virginia Beach 64: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Strasbourg 66, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Strasbourg 79, Virginia Beach 27: Strasbourg leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Strasbourg 52, Virginia Beach 32: Strasbourg leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Strasbourg 44, Virginia Beach 40: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Strasbourg 56, Virginia Beach 38: Strasbourg leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Strasbourg 55, Virginia Beach 32: Strasbourg leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Strasbourg and Virginia Beach.

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.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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StrasbourgVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStrasbourgVirginia Beach
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 m7 m
Main airportStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureStrasbourgVirginia Beach
City population293,771459,470
People per km²3,752-
Museums within 10 km212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.