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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lyon or Tallinn?

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

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Tallinn 52: Lyon leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Tallinn 68: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Tallinn 44: Lyon leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Tallinn 55: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Tallinn 58: Lyon leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Tallinn 60: Lyon leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Tallinn 72: Lyon leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Tallinn 40: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Tallinn 50: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lyon and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and day trips with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonTallinn
Official languageFrenchEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation160 m28 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonTallinn
City population519,127457,572
People per km²10,8382,871
Museums within 10 km4316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.