Lille
City in France: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Lille vue gd place: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lille is a city in France, in Hauts-de-France. About 238,695 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of France in our atlas.
It lies at 50.63° N, 3.06° E, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Paris time zone.
Location
Red dot: Lille. Green dots: other major cities of France. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lille has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 23°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 0°C (32°F). Around 730 mm (29 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Reims · 167 km
- Marne La Vallée · 202 km
- Paris · 204 km
- Paris 15 Vaugirard · 206 km
- Le Havre · 243 km
- Strasbourg · 401 km
- Rennes · 435 km
- Nantes · 499 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2998324 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q648 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lille vue gd place: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)