Climate averages 1991–2020
La Rochelle weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in La Rochelle: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (121 km away). In January its highs average 8.9°C, about as warm as La Rochelle, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, La Rochelle ranks 17th of 57 for the warmest January highs and 50th of 57 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 57 cities is 8.0°C; La Rochelle is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 58 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
La Rochelle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 77 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 10.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 57 | 9.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 57 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 8.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 36 | 7.1 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 42 | 7.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 87 | 12.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 92 | 12.8 | 9.59 h |
| December | 9.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 87 | 12.8 | 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
- Nantes in JanuaryFrance · 121 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Poitiers in JanuaryFrance · 124 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Angers in JanuaryFrance · 152 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Bordeaux in JanuaryFrance · 154 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Limoges in JanuaryFrance · 189 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Tours in JanuaryFrance · 197 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Rennes in JanuaryFrance · 220 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Le Mans in JanuaryFrance · 229 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.5°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 La Rochelle) is explained once on the La Rochelle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.