Climate averages 1991–2020
Charleroi weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Charleroi: daytime highs average 5.6°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Louvière (20 km away). In January its highs average 5.6°C, about as warm as Charleroi, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Charleroi ranks joint 16th of 18 for the warmest January highs and joint 13th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 6.0°C; Charleroi is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Charleroi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.6°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 66 | 12.7 | 8.69 h |
| February | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 62 | 11.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 60 | 12.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 53 | 11.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 65 | 12.7 | 15.415 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 69 | 12.1 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 73 | 12.5 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 76 | 12.1 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 57 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 61 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 64 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 6.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 79 | 13.5 | 8.18 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- La Louvière in JanuaryBelgium · 20 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Namur in JanuaryBelgium · 31 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Mons in JanuaryBelgium · 35 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Ixelles in JanuaryBelgium · 47 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Anderlecht in JanuaryBelgium · 48 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Brussels in JanuaryBelgium · 49 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Schaerbeek in JanuaryBelgium · 51 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Leuven in JanuaryBelgium · 55 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 62 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Charleroi) is explained once on the Charleroi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.