Climate
Béziers logs 0 frost days a year to Lyon's 41 — Béziers wins by 41. Béziers also leads on hot days by 25.
Béziers
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Cost of Living
Lyon averages $2,243/mo for balanced living; Béziers has no cost baseline yet.
Lyon
$2,243monthly · balanced
Mobility
On mobility, Lyon scores 3.8 vs Béziers's 1.7 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on public transit.
Culture
Lyon's culture score of 3.7 sits well above Béziers's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Lyon scores 3.8 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Béziers has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Lyon scores 2.8 on safety (0–5 scale); Béziers has no safety baseline.
Career
Lyon scores 3.2 on career (0–5 scale); Béziers has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Lyon scores 2.7 on social & community (0–5 scale); Béziers has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Lyon scores 3.0 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Béziers has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Lyon scores 3.1 on family (0–5 scale); Béziers has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Lyon scores 3.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Béziers has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Béziers averages 8.1 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Lyon's 10.6 µg/m³ (moderate) — Béziers breathes ~23% cleaner air (2.4 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Béziers (69K) and Lyon (1.2M) are 17x in population — Lyon is the larger metro, Béziers the smaller; on land area Lyon spans roughly 11x more ground.
Lyon is roughly 14x the scale of Béziers
Combined population & area comparison
LyonBéziersCity Scale Rankings
Lyon1.2M17xBéziers69K1xLyon256 km²11xBéziers24 km²1xBéziers
Lyon
Who Thrives Here
Béziers favours the sunshine lover, while Lyon suits the escaping weather. Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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