Climate averages 1991–2020
Lyon weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Lyon: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 20 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villeurbanne (3 km away). In July its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Lyon, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Lyon ranks 14th of 57 for the warmest July highs and 51st of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Lyon is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Villeurbanne in JulyFrance · 3 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in JulyFrance · 50 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Grenoble in JulyFrance · 93 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Geneva in JulySwitzerland · 112 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in JulyFrance · 137 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Lausanne in JulySwitzerland · 162 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Dijon in JulyFrance · 174 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Besançon in JulyFrance · 189 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 76 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.