Climate averages 1991–2020
Caen weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Caen: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Le Havre (48 km away). In January its highs average 7.9°C, about as warm as Caen, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Caen ranks 21st of 57 for the warmest January highs and joint 17th of 57 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 57 cities is 8.0°C; Caen is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 51 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
Caen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 59 | 11.5 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 11.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 54 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 56 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 58 | 11.4 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.5 | 16.216 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 55 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 60 | 10.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 53 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 66 | 12.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 74 | 13.3 | 8.38 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
- Le Havre in JanuaryFrance · 48 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Rouen in JanuaryFrance · 110 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 2.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Saint Helier in JanuaryJersey · 127 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Le Mans in JanuaryFrance · 138 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Rennes in JanuaryFrance · 154 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in JanuaryFrance · 178 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in JanuaryFrance · 180 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Worthing in JanuaryUnited Kingdom · 181 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 87 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 Caen) is explained once on the Caen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.