Climate averages 1991–2020
Lyon weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Lyon: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villeurbanne (3 km away). In October its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Lyon, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Lyon ranks 18th of 57 for the warmest October highs and 46th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Lyon is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 100 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Villeurbanne in OctoberFrance · 3 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in OctoberFrance · 50 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Grenoble in OctoberFrance · 93 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Geneva in OctoberSwitzerland · 112 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in OctoberFrance · 137 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Lausanne in OctoberSwitzerland · 162 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Dijon in OctoberFrance · 174 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Besançon in OctoberFrance · 189 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 105 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.