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Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Strasbourg or York?

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

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose York for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: York leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Strasbourg 66, York 42: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Strasbourg and York are level on 70.
Nightlife. Strasbourg 40, York 36: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Strasbourg and York are level on 62.
Day trips. Strasbourg and York are level on 80.
Good for families. Strasbourg 66, York 60: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Strasbourg 79, York 72: Strasbourg leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Strasbourg 52, York 46: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Strasbourg 44, York 38: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Strasbourg 56, York 38: Strasbourg leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Strasbourg 55, York 34: Strasbourg leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Strasbourg and York.

Your match

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

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on food and drink and wellness with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on beaches 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
16 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStrasbourgYork
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation132 m25 m
Main airportStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureStrasbourgYork
City population293,771208,400
People per km²3,752766
Museums within 10 km2124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.