Average Sunshine in France for January

The tables below give January averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout France.

There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

For most places the total number of hours in the month with sunshine is an average of data collected from 1991 to 2020, while the rest are averages of 1991 to 2010. The numbers of days with strong and weak sunshine are based on measurements made from 1991 to 2000.

Southeastern France

Total January sunshine
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
136 Ajaccio (Corsica) 8 9
139 Bastia (Corsica) 8 9
110 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 0 10
148 Cannes
95 Carcassonne 5 14
91 Grenoble 6 15
73 Lyon 3 19
145 Marseille 10 10
107 Montelimar
146 Montpellier 10 10
157 Nice 12 8
141 Perpignan 10 11
147 Toulon 12 9

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in January
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
96 Biarritz 6 13
90 Bordeaux 5 13
101 Pau
114 Tarbes
93 Toulouse 5 14

Central France

Average January sun
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
85 Clermont-Ferrand 5 18
61 Dijon 2 20
91 La Rochelle 4 16
80 Limoges 6 16
64 Orléans 3 19
59 Paris 2 20
70 Poitiers 3 18
68 Tours 2 18

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in January on average
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
68 Besançon 3 17
72 Colmar 2 19
62 Lille 3 19
54 Metz 2 22
52 Nancy 2 21
Reims 3 19
56 Strasbourg 2 21
63 Troyes 4 20

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in January
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
69 Angers 2 18
61 Brest 2 19
71 Caen 2 18
65 Le Mans 2 19
71 Lorient 2 18
73 Nantes 3 17
68 Rennes 2 18
52 Rouen 3 20
65 Saint-Brieuc 2 19
Reference

Météo France. Climatologie. Normales et records. Données publiques. Fiche climatologique.

France Sunshine
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