Besançon logs 21 hot days a year to Lyon's 31 — Besançon wins by 10. Lyon also leads on frost days by 8.

Lyon averages $2,243/mo for balanced living; Besançon has no cost baseline yet.

On mobility, Lyon scores 3.8 vs Besançon's 3.4 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on walkability.

Lyon's culture score of 3.7 sits well above Besançon's 0.0.

Lyon scores 3.8 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Besançon has no nature & outdoors baseline.

Lyon scores 2.8 on safety (0–5 scale); Besançon has no safety baseline.

Lyon scores 3.2 on career (0–5 scale); Besançon has no career baseline.

Lyon scores 2.7 on social & community (0–5 scale); Besançon has no social & community baseline.

Lyon scores 3.0 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Besançon has no food & dining baseline.

Lyon scores 3.1 on family (0–5 scale); Besançon has no family baseline.

Lyon scores 3.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Besançon has no healthcare baseline.

Besançon averages 7.5 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Lyon's 10.6 µg/m³ (moderate) — Besançon breathes ~29% cleaner air (3.1 µg/m³ lower).

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