Climate averages 1991–2020
Orléans, France weather
in January.
A cold, 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 cold month in Orléans, France: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (97 km away). In January its highs average 6.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Orléans, France, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Orléans, France ranks joint 31st of 57 for the warmest January highs and 14th of 57 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 57 cities is 8.0°C; Orléans, France is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 50 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
Orléans, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 57 | 11.8 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 10.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 51 | 10.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 51 | 8.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 64 | 11.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 69 | 12.8 | 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
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in JanuaryFrance · 97 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Versailles in JanuaryFrance · 102 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Tours in JanuaryFrance · 106 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Boulogne-Billancourt in JanuaryFrance · 107 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Créteil in JanuaryFrance · 107 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Paris 15 Vaugirard in JanuaryFrance · 108 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in JanuaryFrance · 109 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Paris in JanuaryFrance · 111 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 52 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 Orléans) is explained once on the Orléans, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.