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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Lyon for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

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. Delhi 4, Lyon 12: Lyon leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Delhi and Lyon are level on 84.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Lyon 77: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Lyon 64: Lyon leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Lyon 58: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Lyon 42: Delhi leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Lyon 40: Lyon leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Lyon.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiLyon
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m160 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiLyon
City population26,495,000519,127
People per km²18,96210,838
Museums within 10 km2343
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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. 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.