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City Pairings
close match
Lyon, France and Budapest, Hungary are a close climate match — 1,100 km (684 mi) apart. Lyon is Köppen zone Cfb; Budapest is Cfb.
See Lyon on the interactive map →Lyon and Budapest both sit in the oceanic (Cfb) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 1,100 km (684 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Budapest should feel familiar if you know Lyon. January means differ by 3°C (Budapest cooler); July by 1°C (Budapest warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Budapest is 17 mm drier in January.
Sunshine stays close: Budapest at 8.9 h/day on average versus 8.8 h/day in Lyon (January 4.9 h / 4.7 h, July 12.8 h / 13 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (15 µg/m³ in Budapest, 12 in Lyon). Humidity: dew point in Budapest runs about 4°C lower in January (-3°C vs 1°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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See Budapest's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Budapest, Hungary is the closest distant match for Lyon, France — scored close, about 1,100 km (684 mi) away.
Lyon and Budapest are separated by roughly 1,100 km (684 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are oceanic (Cfb).
Lyon has a oceanic climate (Cfb). January averages a high of 6°C and a low of 1°C with 52 mm of rain; July averages 27°C / 16°C and 60 mm.
Lyon averages about 4.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 16.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 63); July averages 7 µg/m³ (US AQI 42).
Other close climate matches for Lyon: Rostov-on-Don (fair), Bratislava (close), Odesa (close).
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