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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Lyon for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • 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. Bangkok and Lyon are level on 12.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Lyon 84: Bangkok leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Lyon 77: Bangkok leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Lyon 58: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Lyon 64: Lyon leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Lyon 58: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Lyon 42: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Lyon 40: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Lyon.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Lyon
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokLyon
Official languageThaiFrench
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m160 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokLyon
City population5,676,648519,127
People per km²3,61910,838
Museums within 10 km5943
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.