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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lyon or Victoria Falls?

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

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Lyon leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Victoria Falls 24: Lyon leads by 60 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Victoria Falls 12: Lyon leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Victoria Falls 8: Lyon leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Victoria Falls 22: Lyon leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Victoria Falls 38: Lyon leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Victoria Falls 45: Lyon leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Victoria Falls 18: Lyon leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Victoria Falls 32: Lyon leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Victoria Falls 10: Lyon leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Victoria Falls 34: Lyon leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lyon and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LyonVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonVictoria Falls
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112999
Elevation160 m961 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonVictoria Falls
City population519,12733,060
People per km²10,838-
Museums within 10 km432
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. 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.