Climate averages 1991–2020
Lyon weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Lyon: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villeurbanne (3 km away). In April its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Lyon, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Lyon ranks joint 15th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 49th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Lyon is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lyon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 69 | 12.6 | 9.19 h |
| February | 8.8°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 56 | 10.2 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 60 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 81 | 11.8 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 90 | 12.5 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 11.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 78 | 10.0 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 77 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 93 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.2°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 99 | 11.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 100 | 12.4 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 74 | 12.3 | 8.89 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Villeurbanne in AprilFrance · 3 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in AprilFrance · 50 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Grenoble in AprilFrance · 93 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Geneva in AprilSwitzerland · 112 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in AprilFrance · 137 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Lausanne in AprilSwitzerland · 162 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Dijon in AprilFrance · 174 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Besançon in AprilFrance · 189 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 88 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lyon) is explained once on the Lyon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.