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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lyon or Tunis?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Tunis 60: Lyon leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Tunis 76: Lyon leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Tunis 33: Lyon leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Tunis 45: Lyon leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Lyon and Tunis are level on 77.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Tunis 38: Lyon leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Tunis 48: Lyon leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Tunis 50: Lyon leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Tunis 38: Lyon leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lyon and Tunis.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonTunis
Official languageFrenchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation160 m4 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonTunis
City population519,127602,560
People per km²10,8382,834
Museums within 10 km4316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.