Climate averages 1991–2020
Marseille weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Marseille: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille 15 (9 km away). In January its highs average 10.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Marseille, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Marseille ranks joint 5th 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; Marseille is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 48 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
Marseille climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 63 | 7.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 6.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 42 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 61 | 7.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 45 | 5.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 24 | 3.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 10 | 1.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 65 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 88 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 10.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 70 | 8.5 | 9.09 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
- Marseille 15 in JanuaryFrance · 9 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in JanuaryFrance · 26 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Toulon in JanuaryFrance · 48 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Avignon in JanuaryFrance · 86 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Nîmes in JanuaryFrance · 102 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Montpellier in JanuaryFrance · 126 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Cannes in JanuaryFrance · 135 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Antibes in JanuaryFrance · 144 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 64 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 Marseille) is explained once on the Marseille year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.