The honest answer to when you should fly Manchester to Lyon is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, May-Jul, Sep gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Lyon.
Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Lyon’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is August (average high 30°C), the coolest is January (average low 1°C), and the wettest is October (145 mm).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Manchester high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | 1°C | 89 mm | 12 | 6°C |
| February | 11°C | 4°C | 82 mm | 10 | 9°C |
| March | 14°C | 4°C | 88 mm | 13 | 11°C |
| April | 18°C | 7°C | 89 mm | 9 | 14°C |
| May good | 21°C | 11°C | 122 mm | 13 | 17°C |
| June good | 28°C | 16°C | 74 mm | 9 | 19°C |
| July good | 29°C | 18°C | 46 mm | 9 | 21°C |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 68 mm | 7 | 20°C |
| September good | 23°C | 13°C | 140 mm | 13 | 18°C |
| October | 19°C | 10°C | 145 mm | 11 | 14°C |
| November | 12°C | 5°C | 102 mm | 12 | 9°C |
| December | 8°C | 2°C | 89 mm | 12 | 9°C |
Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.
Lyon runs 1 hour ahead of Manchester. Travelling east is the harder direction to adjust to, so if the trip is short, an early departure that lands in daylight is worth more than a marginally cheaper overnight.
We publish observed fares for this route when we have them, and say nothing when we do not — there is no estimate on this page. What holds regardless of the route:
Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday on most routes, because that is where demand sits rather than because of any pricing trick. Where we have observed fares for Manchester–Lyon, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.
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