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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Lyon or Mostar?

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

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

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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, Mostar 24: Mostar leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Mostar 40: Lyon leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Mostar 54: Lyon leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Mostar 25: Lyon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon and Mostar are level on 64.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Mostar 60: Lyon leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Mostar 34: Lyon leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Mostar 44: Lyon leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Mostar 32: Lyon leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Mostar 16: Lyon leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Mostar 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 Mostar.

Your match

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

Lyon
Best match
60match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LyonMostar

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonMostar
Official languageFrenchCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation160 m60 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonMostar
City population519,127105,448
People per km²10,83890
Museums within 10 km433
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. 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.