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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Lyon for

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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. Liverpool 22, Lyon 12: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Lyon 58: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Lyon 64: Lyon leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Lyon 42: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Lyon 40: Lyon leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Lyon.

Your match

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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °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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Where the figures come from

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolLyon
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation70 m160 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolLyon
City population513,441519,127
People per km²4,59210,838
Museums within 10 km3143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.