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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hobart 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 Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Lyon for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Hobart 30, Lyon 12: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Lyon 64: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Lyon 42: Lyon leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart and Lyon are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Lyon.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

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

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartLyon
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m160 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartLyon
City population197,451519,127
People per km²11610,838
Museums within 10 km843
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.