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Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Strasbourg or Wellington?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Wellington for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Strasbourg 66, Wellington 62: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Strasbourg 70, Wellington 44: Strasbourg leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Strasbourg 40, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Strasbourg 62, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Strasbourg 80, Wellington 40: Strasbourg leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Strasbourg 66, Wellington 62: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Strasbourg 79, Wellington 68: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Strasbourg 52, Wellington 42: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Strasbourg 44, Wellington 33: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Strasbourg and Wellington are level on 56.
Wellness & relaxation. Strasbourg 55, Wellington 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 Wellington.

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.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStrasbourgWellington
Official languageFrenchEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation132 m0 m
Main airportStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureStrasbourgWellington
City population293,771216,200
People per km²3,752487
Museums within 10 km2112
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.