Climate averages 1991–2020
Lyon weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Lyon: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villeurbanne (3 km away). In February its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Lyon, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Lyon ranks joint 24th of 57 for the warmest February highs and joint 40th of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Lyon is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Villeurbanne in FebruaryFrance · 3 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in FebruaryFrance · 50 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Grenoble in FebruaryFrance · 93 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Geneva in FebruarySwitzerland · 112 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in FebruaryFrance · 137 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Lausanne in FebruarySwitzerland · 162 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Dijon in FebruaryFrance · 174 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Besançon in FebruaryFrance · 189 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 96 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.