Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
• Level 2: Département du Rhône
• Level 3: Arrondissement de Lyon
• Level 4: Lyon

Current local time in Lyon:

10:01 PM, Friday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Lyon on map:^[1]

Lyon GPS coordinates^[2]

45° 44' 54.456" North, 4° 50' 48.156" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	46.23695°,	4.14359°
Center:	45.74846°,	4.84671°
Lower-right:	45.25566°,	5.54984°
Map W x H:	109.1×109.1 km	= 67.8×67.8mi

max Lat:	51.07786°   ⇑70.1% North
Lyon:	45.74846°
min Lat:	⇓29.9% South 41.3874°

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min Long	Lyon	max Long
-5.08615°	4.84671°	9.52242°
W 75.8%⇐		⇒24.2% E

Elevation

Elevation of Lyon is 173 m = 568 ft, and this is 20.7 m = 68 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	2333 m = 7654 ft	39.3%
Avg.	193.7 m = 635 ft
Lyon	173 m = 568 ft
Min E:	-1 m = -3 ft	60.7%

See also: Lyon elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Lyon is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 2314.4 km =1438.1 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Lyon
North Pole	4920.3	3057.3	to North
Arctic Circle	2314.4	1438.1	to North
Tropic Cancer	2480.8	1541.5	to South
Equator	5086.8	3160.8	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Lyon: (largest is in red/bold)

• Bron 5.3 km =3.3 mi, 101°
• Caluire-et-Cuire 5.1 km =3.2 mi, 359°
• Champagne-au-Mont-d’Or 6.7 km =4.2 mi, 319°
• Francheville 6.6 km =4.1 mi, 258°
• La Mulatière 3.5 km =2.2 mi, 229°
• Oullins 4.9 km =3 mi, 218°
• Pierre-Bénite 5.3 km =3.3 mi, 199°
• Saint-Fons 4.4 km =2.7 mi, 173°
• Saint-Genis-Laval 7.2 km =4.5 mi, 215°
• Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon 3.8 km =2.4 mi, 244°
• Tassin-la-Demi-Lune 4.6 km =2.9 mi, 279°
• Vaulx-en-Velin 7.4 km =4.6 mi, 54°
• Villeurbanne 3.2 km =2 mi, 52°
• Vénissieux 6.5 km =4 mi, 151°
• Écully 6.1 km =3.8 mi, 298°

In other languages:

• In Italian: Lione
• In Russian: Лион
• In Chinese: 里昂