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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Lyon for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • families

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. Granada 38, Lyon 12: Granada leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Lyon 77: Granada leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Granada and Lyon are level on 58.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Lyon 64: Granada leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Lyon 42: Granada leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Lyon 40: Granada leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada 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

Granada
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Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Lyon
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Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 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. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaLyon
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
Elevation693 m160 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaLyon
City population233,975519,127
People per km²2,65910,838
Museums within 10 km2043
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.