Climate averages 1991–2020
Lyon weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Lyon: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villeurbanne (3 km away). In November its highs average 10.9°C, about as warm as Lyon, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Lyon ranks 26th of 57 for the warmest November highs and joint 42nd of 57 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 57 cities is 11.6°C; Lyon is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Villeurbanne in NovemberFrance · 3 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in NovemberFrance · 50 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Grenoble in NovemberFrance · 93 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 141 mm rain
- Geneva in NovemberSwitzerland · 112 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in NovemberFrance · 137 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Lausanne in NovemberSwitzerland · 162 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Dijon in NovemberFrance · 174 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Besançon in NovemberFrance · 189 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 115 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.