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Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Strasbourg or Zadar?

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

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

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Strasbourg 66, Zadar 45: Strasbourg leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Strasbourg 70, Zadar 55: Strasbourg leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Strasbourg 40, Zadar 38: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Strasbourg 62, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Strasbourg 80, Zadar 70: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Strasbourg 66, Zadar 55: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Strasbourg 79, Zadar 58: Strasbourg leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Strasbourg 52, Zadar 27: Strasbourg leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Strasbourg 44, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Strasbourg 56, Zadar 28: Strasbourg leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Strasbourg 55, Zadar 35: Strasbourg leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Strasbourg and Zadar.

Your match

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

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Zadar 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStrasbourgZadar
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation132 m5 m
Main airportStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureStrasbourgZadar
City population293,77170,779
People per km²3,752-
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.