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Time in Lyon, France now

12:52:16PM

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Celebration of the Greek Revolution / Waffle Day

Lyon switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:34AM ↓ 06:59PM (12h 26m) - More info - Make Lyon time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Lyon

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in Lyon is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Lyon can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Lyon is Europe/Paris.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Lyon

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Lyon

Sunrise: 06:34AM
Sunset: 06:59PM
Day length: 12h 26m
Solar noon: 12:47PM
The current local time in Lyon is 47 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Lyon on the map

Location: France
Latitude: 45.75. Longitude: 4.85
Population: 521,000

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Best restaurants in Lyon

#1 Cercle Rouge - Fusion and french food
#2 Carmelo - Italian and pizza food
#3 Ombellule

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