Lyon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.7589, 4.8414
- Population
- 520 774
- Region
- Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France, Europe
- Capital
- Paris — 392 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France
This page tells you the time right now in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France, in the Europe/Paris zone (+2).
Lyon, France
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Paris
Local time in Lyon
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:07 AM Solar noon 1:26 PM Sunset 6:45 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 7:37 AM – 7:15 PM
Weather in Lyon right now
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Lyon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 69000
- 69001
- 69002
- 69003
- 69004
- 69005
- 69006
- 69007
- 69008
- 69009
- 69061 CEDEX 06
- 69062 CEDEX 06
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Rhône-Alpes
- Saint-Etienne 176 280
- Grenoble 158 552
- Clermont-Ferrand 147 865
- Villeurbanne 131 445
- Lyon 03 102 725
- Lyon 08 86 154
Other places named Lyon
Same time zone — Europe/Paris
Nearby places
- Arrondissement De Lyon — 2.9 km
- Villeurbanne — 3.1 km
- Saint-Rambert-L'Ile-Barbe — 4.4 km
- Ecully — 5.2 km
- Saint-Fons — 5.6 km
- Pierre-Benite — 6.3 km
Lyon: clock, sun and surroundings
If you are looking near Lyon, both Arrondissement De Lyon and Villeurbanne keep the same time.
Within Lyon, postal codes number 12.
Clocks across Lyon run on Europe/Paris at UTC+2. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun will rise at 8:07 AM and set at 6:45 PM in Lyon today. Daylight amounts to 10 h 38 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Lyon follow?
- Local time in Lyon follows Europe/Paris, with an offset of +2.
- Does the time in Lyon shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Lyon?
- In Lyon the sun rises at 8:07 AM.