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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Lyon or Warsaw?

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
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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 and Warsaw are level on 12.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Warsaw 60: Lyon leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Warsaw 70: Lyon leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Warsaw 47: Lyon leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Warsaw 52: Lyon leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Lyon and Warsaw are level on 62.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Warsaw 72: Lyon leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Warsaw 55: Lyon leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Warsaw 63: Lyon leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Warsaw 35: Lyon leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lyon and Warsaw.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LyonWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonWarsaw
Official languageFrenchPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation160 m118 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonWarsaw
City population519,1271,862,402
People per km²10,8383,601
Museums within 10 km43117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.