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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Innsbruck 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 Innsbruck for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Lyon for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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. Innsbruck 20, Lyon 12: Innsbruck leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Lyon 64: Innsbruck leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck and Lyon are level on 62.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Lyon 77: Innsbruck leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Lyon 42: Lyon leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Lyon 40: Innsbruck leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Lyon.

Your match

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

Innsbruck
53match

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

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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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InnsbruckLyon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckLyon
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageFrench
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
Elevation574 m160 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckLyon
City population132,499519,127
People per km²1,26310,838
Museums within 10 km2843
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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). 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.