Time in Lyon, France | Lyon Now
Saturday, 7 November 2026
CET (UTC+01:00)
Time zone information for Lyon
UTC +1
Central European Time (CET) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
▪Time in Lyon is 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Lyon is
Europe/Paris.October25Sunday2026
Latest change: Standard time began
- ▪Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET).
- ▪The time was set backward one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.
March28Sunday2027
Next change: Daylight saving time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
- ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Lyon
- ▪Sunrise: 07:28
- ▪Sunset: 17:19
- ▪Day length: 9h 50m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:24
- ▪Current time in Lyon is currently 24 minutes ahead of solar time.
Lyon on map
- ▪Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- ▪Latitude: 45,75. Longitude: 4,85
- ▪Population: 520,774
- ▪Elevation: 173 m
Time difference
from Lyon
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:28
Solar noon 12:24Sunset 17:19
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Paris- Abbreviation
- CET
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- DST Starts
- 28 Mar 2027in 141 days, 0 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1794010392
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:28
- Sunset
- 17:19
- Solar noon
- 12:24
- Day length
- 9h 50m
- Night length
- 14h 09m
- Civil twilight
- 06:57 – 17:50
Geography & country
- Country
- France
- Region / State
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Coordinates
- 45.749°, 4.848°
- Elevation
- 173 m
- Population
- 520,774
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