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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lyon or Nashville?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Nashville leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Nashville 62: Lyon leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Nashville 50: Lyon leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Nashville 46: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Nashville 52: Lyon leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Nashville 55: Lyon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Nashville 30: Lyon leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Nashville 42: Lyon leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Nashville 30: Lyon leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Nashville 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 Nashville.

Your match

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

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Nashville
46match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
15 hdaylight a day

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonNashville
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation160 m182 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonNashville
City population519,127689,447
People per km²10,838506
Museums within 10 km4312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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