Climate averages 1991–2020
Le Mans weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Le Mans: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (77 km away). In January its highs average 7.9°C, about as warm as Le Mans, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Le Mans ranks 25th of 57 for the warmest January highs and joint 27th of 57 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 57 cities is 8.0°C; Le Mans is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 52 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
Le Mans climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 63 | 10.9 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 63 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 48 | 8.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 44 | 7.9 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 7.9 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 51 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | 8.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 72 | 11.5 | 8.58 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
- Tours in JanuaryFrance · 77 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Angers in JanuaryFrance · 82 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Orléans, France in JanuaryFrance · 127 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Caen in JanuaryFrance · 138 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Rennes in JanuaryFrance · 140 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Nantes in JanuaryFrance · 158 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Poitiers in JanuaryFrance · 158 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in JanuaryFrance · 159 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 53 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 Le Mans) is explained once on the Le Mans year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.