🇫🇷 France · metro 1.2M · 4,867 venues mapped

Lyon

Where Lyon places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 59 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne 50 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇹 Turin 📖 234 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Jul, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink4,867 places mapped

11:30–22:15

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12%

open past midnight

55%

open on Sundays

46h

open per week

39%

take a midday break

Shops & errands2,244 places mapped

08:00–20:00

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open past midnight

69%

open on Sundays

74h

open per week

14%

take a midday break

Services1,213 places mapped

08:32–18:30

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open past midnight

open on Sundays

40h

open per week

55%

take a midday break

Culture980 places mapped

10:00–19:00

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open past midnight

24%

open on Sundays

30h

open per week

30%

take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

144.8 km

to Chaine des Puys

0.4

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

16:59

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15.7 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

14,039

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Lyon	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	12.4%	176 of 1,878	🇭🇰 Tai Po 12.5%🇹🇷 Yalova 12.5%🇭🇰 Hong Kong 12.4%🇺🇸 Lansing 12.4%Lyon🇫🇷 Nimes 12.4%🇺🇸 Providence 12.4%🇺🇸 Sacramento 12.4%🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 12.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	45.5 h	244 of 1,878	🇫🇷 Grenoble 45.5 h🇳🇱 Heemskerk 45.5 h🇳🇱 Hoorn 45.5 h🇬🇧 Lancaster 45.5 hLyon🇪🇸 Nerja 45.5 h🇫🇷 Orléans 45.5 h🇫🇷 Bourges 45.2 h🇫🇷 Albi 45 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	9.1%	381 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Great Yarmouth 9.1%🇩🇪 Göttingen 9.1%🇨🇳 Jinan 9.1%🇧🇷 Jundiaí 9.1%Lyon🇪🇨 Otavalo 9.1%🇵🇪 Tacna 9.1%🇵🇹 Viseu 9.1%🇹🇷 Yalova 9.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	38.8%	59 of 1,878	🇫🇷 Caen 39%🇫🇷 Bordeaux 38.9%🇫🇷 Béziers 38.9%🇯🇵 Iida 38.9%Lyon🇮🇹 Cremona 38.7%🇮🇹 Perugia 38.5%🇮🇹 Brescia 38.4%🇩🇪 Kehl 38.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7	0.2%	229 of 1,878	🇩🇪 Ulm 0.3%🇦🇹 Vienna 0.3%🇳🇱 Amsterdam 0.2%🇮🇹 Bologna 0.2%Lyon🇸🇪 Malmo 0.2%🇫🇷 Nantes 0.2%🇫🇷 Paris 0.2%🇩🇪 Ravensburg 0.2%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	68.8%	260 of 1,704	🇧🇷 Natal 69.2%🇸🇰 Bratislava 68.9%🇧🇷 Criciúma 68.9%🇫🇷 Le Mans 68.8%Lyon🇪🇸 Rivas-Vaciamadrid 68.7%🇫🇷 Agde 68.6%🇫🇷 Limoges 68.6%🇫🇷 Tours 68.4%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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