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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Lyon for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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. Antwerp 15, Lyon 12: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Lyon 64: Lyon leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Lyon 77: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Antwerp and Lyon are level on 62.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Lyon 58: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Lyon 42: Lyon leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Lyon 40: Lyon leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Lyon.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Lyon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpLyon
Official languageFrench, German, DutchFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m160 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpLyon
City population529,247519,127
People per km²2,54210,838
Museums within 10 km3843
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92

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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. 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.