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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Lyon or Singapore?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Singapore for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Singapore 62: Lyon leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Singapore 50: Lyon leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Singapore 45: Lyon leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Singapore 25: Lyon leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Singapore 25: Lyon leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Singapore 50: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon and Singapore are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lyon and Singapore.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
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). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonSingapore
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation160 m21 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonSingapore
City population519,1275,866,139
People per km²10,8388,158
Museums within 10 km4340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.