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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Lyon?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Lyon for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Lyon’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. Adelaide 68, Lyon 12: Adelaide leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Lyon 64: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Lyon 62: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Lyon 42: Lyon leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Lyon 40: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Lyon.

Your match

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

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Lyon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideLyon
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m160 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideLyon
City population1,387,290519,127
People per km²1,07110,838
Museums within 10 km1343
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.