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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bled 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 Bled for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Lyon for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Bled 50, Lyon 12: Bled leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 64 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Lyon 64: Bled leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Lyon 42: Bled leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Lyon 40: Bled leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Lyon.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledLyon
Official languageSloveneFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation501 m160 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledLyon
City population4,969519,127
People per km²2610,838
Museums within 10 km443
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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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.