Climate averages 1991–2020
Lyon weather
in June.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Lyon: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 39 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villeurbanne (3 km away). In June its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Lyon, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Lyon ranks joint 14th of 57 for the warmest June highs and 51st of 57 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 57 cities is 22.5°C; Lyon is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Villeurbanne in JuneFrance · 3 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in JuneFrance · 50 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Grenoble in JuneFrance · 93 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 127 mm rain
- Geneva in JuneSwitzerland · 112 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in JuneFrance · 137 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Lausanne in JuneSwitzerland · 162 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Dijon in JuneFrance · 174 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Besançon in JuneFrance · 189 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 85 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.