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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lyon or Windhoek?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Lyon leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Lyon 84, Windhoek 36: Lyon leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Lyon 77, Windhoek 30: Lyon leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Lyon 58, Windhoek 25: Lyon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lyon 64, Windhoek 52: Lyon leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Lyon 77, Windhoek 14: Lyon leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Lyon 62, Windhoek 30: Lyon leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Lyon 77, Windhoek 22: Lyon leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Lyon 58, Windhoek 30: Lyon leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Lyon 42, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lyon 68, Windhoek 18: Lyon leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lyon 40, Windhoek 30: Lyon leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lyon and Windhoek.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on 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
15 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLyonWindhoek
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation160 m1,650 m
Main airportLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLyonWindhoek
City population519,127486,169
People per km²10,83895
Museums within 10 km435
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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. 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.