Climate data for Lyon (LYN), elevation: 201 m, 1961-1990 normals and extremes
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high°C (°F) 16.3(61.3) 21.4(70.5) 25.7(78.3) 28.0(82.4) 29.4(84.9) 34.4(93.9) 39.8(103.6) 37.1(98.8) 33.8(92.8) 28.4(83.1) 22.6(72.7) 20.2(68.4) 39.8(103.6)
Meanmaximum °C(°F)
10.2(50.4) 14.4(57.9) 15.9(60.6) 18.6(65.5) 23.1(73.6) 28.8(83.8) 32.8(91.0) 28.1(82.6) 27.3(81.1) 19.7(67.5) 14.1(57.4) 9.5(49.1) 32.8(91.0)
Mean dailymaximum °C(°F)
6.1(43.0) 8.2(46.8) 11.6(52.9) 15.2(59.4) 19.1(66.4) 22.9(73.2) 26.1(79.0) 26.0(78.8) 22.4(72.3) 17.1(62.8) 10.0(50.0) 6.4(43.5) 15.9(60.7)
Daily mean °C(°F) 3.0(37.4) 4.9(40.8) 7.4(45.3) 10.2(50.4) 14.0(57.2) 17.6(63.7) 20.6(69.1) 20.0(68.0) 17.1(62.8) 12.7(54.9) 6.7(44.1) 3.9(39.0) 11.5(52.7)
Mean dailyminimum °C(°F)
0.2(32.4) 1.4(34.5) 2.9(37.2) 5.2(41.4) 9.1(48.4) 12.5(54.5) 14.8(58.6) 14.4(57.9) 11.7(53.1) 8.3(46.9) 3.5(38.3) 0.7(33.3) 7.1(44.7)
Meanminimum °C(°F)
−7.0(19.4) −4.7(23.5) −1.4(29.5) 3.2(37.8) 7.6(45.7) 10.9(51.6) 13.1(55.6) 12.9(55.2) 8.1(46.6) 4.5(40.1) 1.0(33.8) −4.7(23.5) −7.0(19.4)
Record low °C(°F) −23.0(−9.4) −19.3(−2.7) −10.5(13.1) −3.2(26.2) −0.3(31.5) 3.6(38.5) 6.1(43.0) 5.2(41.4) 1.9(35.4) −3.2(26.2) −7.1(19.2) −16.0(3.2) −23.0(−9.4)
Averageprecipitationmm (inches)
54.0(2.13) 53.8(2.12) 72.2(2.84) 56.1(2.21) 72.6(2.86) 73.2(2.88) 54.5(2.15) 71.6(2.82) 53.2(2.09) 56.2(2.21) 68.0(2.68) 55.8(2.20) 741.2(29.19)
Averageprecipitationdays
(≥ 1.0 mm)
10.4 9.3 9.7 9.6 10.9 8.2 6.8 8.2 7.3 8.5 8.9 9.8 107.6
Averagesnowy days 5.5 3.9 2.5 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.6 19.6
Averagerelativehumidity (%) 84 80 74 71 72 70 65 70 76 82 84 86 76
Mean monthlysunshinehours 62.6 89.8 147.5 184.2 215.9 250.9 292.6 259.0 208.1 134.3 75.3 55.4 1,975.6
Percentpossiblesunshine 23 31 41 46 47 54 62 60 56 40 27 21 42
Source 1: NOAA[42]
Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity)[43]
Like Paris and Marseille, the commune (municipality) of Lyon is divided into a number of municipal arrondissements, each
of which is identified by a number and has its own council and town hall. Five arrondissements were originally created in
1852, when three neighbouring communes (La Croix-Rousse, La Guillotière, and Vaise) were annexed by Lyon. Between
1867 and 1959, the third arrondissement (which originally covered the whole of the Left Bank of the Rhône) was split three
times, creating a new arrondissement in each case. Then, in 1963, the commune of Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe was annexed to
Lyon's fifth arrondissement. A year later, in 1964, the fifth was split to create Lyon's 9th – and, to date, final –
arrondissement. Within each arrondissement, the recognisable quartiers or neighbourhoods are:
1st arrondissement: Slopes of La Croix-Rousse, Terreaux, Martinière/St-Vincent
Administration
Commune