Time in Lyon, France

Lyon, France runs on UTC+2 — written as CET (Central European Time). That offset is what the live clock at the top of this page uses, so the time you see always matches the real local clock in Lyon.

Yes — Lyon shifts its clocks for daylight saving, so the offset moves by an hour between summer and winter. The clock above already accounts for it and always shows the time Lyon is actually keeping today.

The fastest way is a converter: pick your own zone and you’ll get the matching Lyon time instantly, for any date. You can also open the full CET conversion list to compare Lyon against every other zone.

The big clock at the top updates every second, so you can leave this page open and glance at it. Running an event or watching a launch from afar? Tap the fullscreen icon to throw the Lyon clock onto a big screen.

It’s calculated from the IANA time zone database — the same source your phone and computer rely on — not a fixed number that drifts when the rules change. So the Lyon time here stays correct through daylight-saving switches and into the future.