Climate averages 1991–2020
Brest, France weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Brest, France: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Helier (196 km away). In January its highs average 9.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Brest, France, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Brest, France ranks joint 14th of 57 for the warmest January highs and 54th of 57 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 57 cities is 8.0°C; Brest, France is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 80 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
Brest, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 99 | 15.3 | 8.89 h |
| February | 9.6°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 80 | 13.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 64 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 66 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 59 | 10.5 | 15.215 h |
| June | 17.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 47 | 9.7 | 16.016 h |
| July | 18.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 45 | 10.1 | 15.716 h |
| August | 19.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 52 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 92 | 14.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 12.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 14.9 | 9.39 h |
| December | 10.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 105 | 15.3 | 8.48 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
- Saint Helier in JanuaryJersey · 196 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Rennes in JanuaryFrance · 210 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Plymouth in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 222 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 4.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Nantes in JanuaryFrance · 255 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Exeter in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 269 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 3.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Angers in JanuaryFrance · 310 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Caen in JanuaryFrance · 315 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Poole in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 315 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 71 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 Brest) is explained once on the Brest, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.