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Bratislava Castle, Bratislava
BratislavaBratislava Castle
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Bratislava by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bratislava 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 Bratislava for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Lyon for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. Bratislava 15, Lyon 12: Bratislava leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Bratislava 42, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Bratislava 45, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Bratislava 40, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bratislava 55, Lyon 64: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Bratislava 78, Lyon 77: Bratislava leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Bratislava 40, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bratislava 68, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bratislava 35, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bratislava 62, Lyon 42: Bratislava leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bratislava 48, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bratislava 36, Lyon 40: Lyon leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bratislava and Lyon.

Your match

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

Bratislava
47match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bratislava in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 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

Bratislava 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.

Bratislava's sunshine is measured 56 km from the centre, at Wien / Hohe Warte.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bratislava: 1991-2020 normals, Bratislava Ivanka (8.6 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBratislavaLyon
Official languageSlovakFrench
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
Elevation152 m160 m
Main airportM. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)8 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBratislavaLyon
City population480,902519,127
People per km²1,30810,838
Museums within 10 km2243
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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.