Average annual temperature
12.5 °C
As of 1991-2020 · Climate normals 1991-2020 (WMO / national meteorological services, via Wikipedia climate tables)france · City evidence profile
Lyon
A transparent profile—not a promise. Low-confidence, estimated and stale values are clearly marked.
Use in my decisionScoring coverage
19/20
current, score-eligible measures
Evidence
Annual sunshine hours
2000 hours/yr
As of 1991-2020 · Climate normals 1991-2020 (WMO / national meteorological services, via Wikipedia climate tables)Annual precipitation
830 mm/yr
As of 1991-2020 · Climate normals 1991-2020 (WMO / national meteorological services, via Wikipedia climate tables)Distance to nearest sea / coastline
280 km
As of 2024 · OpenStreetMap coastline — derived distance to seaDistance to nearest mountains (>1500 m)
40 km
As of 2024 · Derived distance to mountains (>1500 m), from public elevation/peak dataDistance to nearest major international airport
20 km
As of 2024 · OurAirports — airport locationsSeismic hazard (ordinal 0 very-low to 4 high)
2 index_0_4
As of 2020 · EFEHR / ESHM20 — European Seismic Hazard Model 2020Public-transport provision (ordinal proxy)
8 index_0_10
Ordinal: Metro+tram+TER rail.
As of 2026-08 · Documented public-transport provision ordinal (rapid-transit systems + city size)Monthly rent, 1-bedroom, city centre
915 EUR/mo ±92
Mean of 9 Lyon arrondissements 16.63 €/m² ×55. Basis asking.
As of 2025 · ANIL / DGALN — Carte des loyers (indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune, 2025), €/m²/mois charges comprisesNet annual earnings (single, no children)
30831.6 EUR/yr
As of 2025 · Eurostat — Annual net earnings (earn_nt_net) · inherited from franceOverall tax burden (taxes + social contributions, % of GDP)
45.2 pct_gdp
As of 2024 · Eurostat — Main national accounts tax aggregates (gov_10a_taxag) · inherited from franceHousehold electricity price (band DC, all taxes)
0.2671 EUR/kWh
As of 2025-S1 · Eurostat — Electricity prices for household consumers (nrg_pc_204) · inherited from franceAir quality — annual mean PM2.5
10.62 ug/m3
World Bank mean annual PM2.5 exposure (country baseline, dated 2017).
As of 2017 · World Bank — PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3) · inherited from franceIntentional homicide rate
1.21 per_100k
As of 2022 · Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by category (crim_off_cat) · inherited from franceHealthcare / health outcome (life expectancy at birth)
82.9 years
As of 2023 · Eurostat — Life expectancy at birth (tps00205 / demo_mlexpec) · inherited from franceEnglish / language accessibility
77.4 index
>=1 foreign lang known 2022 (English dominant); language-access proxy. Eurostat break-in-series flag.
As of 2022 · Eurostat — Number of foreign languages known, self-reported (edat_aes_l21) · inherited from franceFixed broadband / internet quality
87.5 pct_hh_vhcn
Fixed VHCN household coverage % (isoc_cbt).
As of 2024 · Eurostat — Broadband internet coverage by technology (isoc_cbt) · inherited from franceIncome level — GNI per capita, PPP (gross)
65110 intl$_ppp
Gross GNI per capita, PPP; not net take-home salary
As of 2025 · World Bank — GNI per capita, PPP (NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD) · inherited from franceComparative price level (household consumption)
111.2 index_eu27=100
As of 2024 · Eurostat — Price level indices, household final consumption (tec00120 / prc_ppp_ind_1) · inherited from france