Let F be a closed subset of ℝn and let P(x) denote the metric projection (closest point mapping) of x ∈ ℝn onto F in lp-norm. A classical result of Asplund states that P is (Fréchet) differentiable almost everywhere (a.e.) in ℝn in the Euclidean case p = 2. We consider the case 2 < p < ∞ and prove that the ith component Pi(x) of P(x) is differentiable a.e. if Pi(x) 6= xi and satisfies Hölder condition of order 1/(p−1) if Pi(x) = xi.