Average Temperatures for France in January

Average temperatures for January at cities and places throughout France are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

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

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

Southeastern France

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
57 40 Ajaccio, Corsica 14 5
57 42 Bastia, Corsica 14 5
42 26 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 6 -3
56 39 Cannes 14 4
50 38 Carcassonne 10 4
36 27 Chastreix 2 -3
43 31 Grenoble 6 -1
44 34 Lyon 7 1
34 26 Mont Aigoual 1 -3
48 37 Montelimar 9 3
54 38 Montpellier 12 3
56 42 Nice 13 6
55 41 Perpignan 13 5
56 44 Toulon 13 7

Southwestern France

Average daily temperatures in January
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
54 41 Biarritz 12 5
51 39 Bordeaux 11 4
52 36 Pau 11 2
51 34 Tarbes 11 1
50 38 Toulouse  10 3

Central France

January temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
46 33 Clermont-Ferrand 8 1
42 32 Dijon 6 0
49 40 La Rochelle 10 4
45 35 Limoges 7 2
45 35 Orléans 7 2
46 38 Paris 8 3
47 36 Poitiers 8 2
46 37 Tours 8 3

Northeastern France

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
42 32 Besançon6 0
46 37 Calais 8 3
42 31 Colmar 6 -1
44 35 Lille 7 2
42 32 Metz 5 0
42 32 Nancy 5 0
41 32 Strasbourg 5 0
44 33 Troyes 7 1

Northwestern France

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
47 36 Angers 9 2
49 40 Brest 10 5
47 37 Caen 8 3
47 37 Le Mans 8 3
49 39 Lorient 10 4
49 38 Nantes 9 3
49 38 Rennes 9 3
44 35 Rouen 7 2
48 39 Saint-Brieuc 9 4
Reference

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

France Temperatures
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