Lyon
City in France: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
01. Panorama de Lyon pris depuis le toit de la Basilique de Fourvière: Otourly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lyon is a city in France, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. About 520,774 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of France in our atlas.
It lies at 45.75° N, 4.85° E, about 173 m (568 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Paris time zone.
Location
Red dot: Lyon. Green dots: other major cities of France. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lyon has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 27°C (80°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -2°C (29°F). Around 787 mm (31 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in FranceNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Montpellier · 249 km
- Marseille · 275 km
- Nice · 294 km
- Toulouse · 355 km
- Marne La Vallée · 383 km
- Strasbourg · 387 km
- Paris · 395 km
- Reims · 395 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2996944 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q456 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 01. Panorama de Lyon pris depuis le toit de la Basilique de Fourvière: Otourly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Facade Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon n02: Jastrow, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- La Part-Dieu depuis Saint-Paul: Frédéric Ducarme, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Façade de la mairie de Lyon: Danichou, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lyon PlaceBellecour: Claude, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 03. Amphithéatre des Trois Gaules: User:Otourly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- General view - Parc de la Tête d'Or - DSC05262: Daderot, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lyon - Lugdunum - Théatre Romain: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pro A basket-ball - ASVEL-Cholet 2017-09-30 - 17: Benoît Prieur, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
