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Patrika Gate, Jaipur
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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jaipur 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 Jaipur for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Lyon for

  • getting around
  • families
  • 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. Jaipur 3, Lyon 12: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Jaipur 66, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Jaipur 80, Lyon 77: Jaipur leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Jaipur 25, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jaipur 38, Lyon 64: Lyon leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Jaipur 55, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Jaipur 25, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Jaipur 30, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Jaipur 74, Lyon 58: Jaipur leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Jaipur 88, Lyon 42: Jaipur leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jaipur 35, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jaipur 28, Lyon 40: Lyon leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jaipur and Lyon.

Your match

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

Jaipur
46match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around 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.

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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Where the figures come from

Jaipur has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJaipurLyon
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
Elevation431 m160 m
Main airportJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJaipurLyon
City population3,073,350519,127
People per km²-10,838
Museums within 10 km643
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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.