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Lyon weather by month

Lyon runs from about 3°C in December to 23°C in August, with September the wettest month at 202 mm.

warmest month

August

23°C

coolest month

December

3°C

wettest month

September

202 mm

worst air month

December

19 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Lyon
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January4°C57 mm135 h15
February7°C73 mm156 h11
March10°C143 mm243 h15
April11°C107 mm292 h9
May15°C154 mm299 h7
June19°C104 mm336 h7
July22°C116 mm396 h5
August23°C49 mm388 h8
September16°C202 mm272 h7
October15°C122 mm235 h12
November8°C58 mm169 h11
December3°C57 mm160 h19

About 3,081 hours of sun a year. Roughly 124 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.