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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

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

Lyon or Manaus?

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 Lyon for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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. Lyon 12, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Manaus 56: Lyon leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Manaus 46: Lyon leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Manaus 42: Lyon leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Manaus 12: Lyon leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Manaus 35: Lyon leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Manaus 27: Lyon leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Manaus 36: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Manaus 54: Lyon leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Manaus 20: Lyon leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lyon and Manaus.

Your match

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

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lyon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 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. Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonManaus
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation160 m92 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonManaus
City population519,1272,303,732
People per km²10,838202
Museums within 10 km4313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.