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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Lyon for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Dublin 27, Lyon 12: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Lyon 58: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Lyon 64: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Lyon 42: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 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: Dublin and Lyon.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

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

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinLyon
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m160 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinLyon
City population592,713519,127
People per km²5,15410,838
Museums within 10 km4043
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.