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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Lyon for

  • shopping
  • 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. Cadiz 80, Lyon 12: Cadiz leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Lyon 64: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Lyon 77: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Lyon 42: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Lyon 40: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Lyon.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cadiz
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Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Lyon
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Wins on shopping 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.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizLyon
Official languageSpanishFrench
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
Elevation11 m160 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizLyon
City population109,950519,127
People per km²9,08710,838
Museums within 10 km1143
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). 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.