Climate averages 1991–2020

Saguenay weather
in January.

A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -10.1°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -19.1°C Night-time mean, January

Precipitation 66 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a freezing month in Saguenay: daytime highs average -10.1°C and nights cool to about -19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 66 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 48 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Québec (179 km away). In January its highs average -7.0°C, 3.0°C warmer than Saguenay, with 83 mm of precipitation.

Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saguenay ranks 84th of 86 for the warmest January highs and 34th of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Saguenay is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to -7.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 66 mm to 52 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Saguenay climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Saguenay, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	-10.1°C-19.1°C	-19.1°C	66	11.8	8.89 h
February	-7.9°C-17.1°C	-17.1°C	52	9.8	10.210 h
March	-1.4°C-10.9°C	-10.9°C	70	11.4	11.912 h
April	6.0°C-3.5°C	-3.5°C	85	12.3	13.614 h
May	15.2°C4.0°C	4.0°C	92	12.7	15.215 h
June	20.7°C10.3°C	10.3°C	100	12.9	16.016 h
July	22.7°C13.5°C	13.5°C	131	15.4	15.716 h
August	21.6°C12.9°C	12.9°C	119	14.2	14.314 h
September	17.2°C8.6°C	8.6°C	127	13.8	12.613 h
October	9.5°C2.3°C	2.3°C	119	14.6	10.911 h
November	2.1°C-4.6°C	-4.6°C	95	14.2	9.39 h
December	-5.6°C-13.8°C	-13.8°C	80	13.4	8.48 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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

Distance from Saguenay

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Saguenay) is explained once on the Saguenay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.