Climate averages 1991–2020
Clermont-Ferrand weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Clermont-Ferrand: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Étienne (108 km away). In January its highs average 6.3°C, about as warm as Clermont-Ferrand, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Clermont-Ferrand ranks joint 43rd of 57 for the warmest January highs and joint 23rd of 57 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 57 cities is 8.0°C; Clermont-Ferrand is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 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
Clermont-Ferrand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 62 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 83 | 13.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 99 | 14.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 84 | 12.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 88 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 88 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 76 | 13.0 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 62 | 12.3 | 8.79 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-Étienne in JanuaryFrance · 108 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Lyon in JanuaryFrance · 137 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in JanuaryFrance · 139 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Limoges in JanuaryFrance · 143 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Grenoble in JanuaryFrance · 216 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Dijon in JanuaryFrance · 225 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Poitiers in JanuaryFrance · 229 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Nîmes in JanuaryFrance · 238 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.0°C · 63 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 Clermont-Ferrand) is explained once on the Clermont-Ferrand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.