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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lyon or Miami Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Miami Beach 62: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Miami Beach 52: Lyon leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Miami Beach 52: Lyon leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Miami Beach 55: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Miami Beach 60: Lyon leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Miami Beach 58: Lyon leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Miami Beach 55: Lyon leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Miami Beach 20: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Miami Beach 55: Lyon leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lyon and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Miami Beach
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LyonMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonMiami Beach
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation160 m1 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonMiami Beach
City population519,12782,890
People per km²10,8382,109
Museums within 10 km4314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.