Lyon grew up where the Saône meets the Rhône. From the Saône you see UNESCO-listed Vieux Lyon, Fourvière hill with its basilica, the silk workers’ Croix-Rousse and the modern Confluence district. Here you can compare the cruises, what they cost, the Navigône public river shuttle and the hour-by-hour weather and wind.
Budget option → · Lyon, France
Weather at 12:00 PM. Boat trips start from 11:00.
| Tour | From | Duration | What you see | Languages | Cancellation | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our pickSemi-covered boatTiqets | €15 | 1 h | Vieux Lyon, Fourvière, Croix-Rousse, Confluence | Guide FR, EN | Free up to 24 h before | 2 Quai des Célestins (Passerelle du Palais de Justice) |
| Cruise boatGetYourGuide | €19 | 1 h 30 | Vieux Lyon, Fourvière, Confluence | Guide FR, EN | Free up to 24 h before | 11 Quai des Célestins |
| Hermès restaurant boatGetYourGuide | €65 | 2 h 30 | Saône and Rhône | Host FR, EN; audio EN, FR | Free up to 2 days before | Lyon: 2 boarding points, depending on option |
| Hermès II restaurant boatTiqets | €75 | 2 h 30 | Lyon lit up at night | Commentary FR, EN | Free up to 24 h before | 13 Quai Rambaud (Confluence) |
Our pick: the one-hour guided cruise on the Saône, from €15. It leaves from the centre near Bellecour and in an hour shows you Vieux Lyon, Fourvière, the Croix-Rousse and Confluence. It has 4.6 from 110 reviews, free cancellation up to 24 hours before and a wheelchair-accessible boat.
1 h · 4.6 from 110 Tiqets reviews
1 h 30 · 4.6 from 136 GetYourGuide reviews
2 h 30 · 4.5 from 659 GetYourGuide reviews
2 h 30 · 4.1 from 10 Tiqets reviews
Indicative prices, checked on November 8, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
Navigône is the river shuttle of the TCL public transport network on the Saône.
The best months are May to September: highs of 21 to 28 degrees.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7° | 8 |
| Feb | 9° | 8 |
| Mar | 14° | 8 |
| Apr | 17° | 9 |
| MayBest | 22° | 10 |
| JunBest | 26° | 9 |
| JulBest | 28° | 8 |
| AugBest | 28° | 7 |
| SepBest | 23° | 7 |
| Oct | 18° | 10 |
| Nov | 11° | 9 |
| Dec | 8° | 9 |
Lyon-Bron 1991–2020 averages: mean daily maximum and rain days. Source: table on Wikipedia (“Lyon”).
Perfect day
Perfect day: partly cloudy, 14 to 19 °C, no rain, wind up to 12 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Clear | 17° | – | 12 km/h |
| 13:00 | Clear | 18° | – | 12 km/h |
| 14:00 | Mostly sunny | 19° | – | 11 km/h |
| 15:00 | Partly cloudy | 18° | – | 11 km/h |
| 16:00 | Partly cloudy | 17° | – | 10 km/h |
| 17:00 | Partly cloudy | 16° | – | 7 km/h |
| 18:00 | Partly cloudy | 14° | – | 10 km/h |
Not ideal
Not ideal: heavy rain, 13 to 17 °C, 5.1 mm, wind up to 17 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Cloudy | 14° | – | 17 km/h |
| 12:00 | Partly cloudy | 16° | – | 16 km/h |
| 13:00 | Light rain | 17° | 0.2 mm | 17 km/h |
| 14:00 | Heavy rain | 17° | 2.8 mm | 16 km/h |
| 15:00 | Heavy rain | 15° | 2.1 mm | 14 km/h |
| 16:00 | Mostly sunny | 14° | – | 14 km/h |
| 17:00 | Partly cloudy | 14° | – | 10 km/h |
| 18:00 | Mostly sunny | 13° | – | 8 km/h |
The best days for a boat trip are Tuesday, November 10, Tuesday, November 17 and Thursday, November 19. The rating only looks at rain and wind during tour hours.
Today and tomorrow are accurate hour by hour; up to day seven the trend is reliable; the last days give a rough idea. Above 30 km/h the water gets choppy and small boats may postpone departures. Updated every hour.
Lyon gets 7–10 rainy days a month, a little more in spring and autumn.
To Quai des Célestins: metro A to Bellecour, or metro D to Vieux Lyon and walk across the Saône.
The one-hour guided cruise costs from €15, the 90-minute one from €19, lunch cruises from €65 and dinner cruises from €75. The Navigône shuttle costs €3.
Guided cruises leave from Quai des Célestins, near Bellecour; the dinner cruise from Quai Rambaud, in Confluence.
Yes, the Navigône river shuttle: €3 one way, free with the TCL 7-day pass.
Perfect day: partly cloudy, 14 to 19 °C, no rain, wind up to 12 km/h.
Saturday, November 14: Good: partly cloudy, 7 to 7 °C, no rain, wind up to 3 km/h. Sunday, November 15: Not ideal: rain, 10 to 10 °C, 5.5 mm, wind up to 11 km/h.
Reliable forecasts go about 10 days ahead: here you get the next 10, hour by hour (with wind) for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To choose the month, see the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Tour prices and conditions are checked on the sellers’ pages, with the date.
One-hour guided cruise on the Saône · from €15
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: November 8, 2026.