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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lyon or Orlando?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Orlando 48: Lyon leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Orlando 22: Lyon leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Orlando 40: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Orlando 46: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Orlando 58: Lyon leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Orlando 8: Lyon leads by 69 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon and Orlando are level on 58.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Orlando 36: Lyon leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Orlando 40: Lyon leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Orlando 32: Lyon leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lyon and Orlando.

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.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonOrlando
City population519,127334,854
People per km²10,8381,086
Museums within 10 km4311
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.