Climate averages 1991–2020
Perpignan 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 Perpignan: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Béziers (76 km away). In January its highs average 10.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Perpignan, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Perpignan ranks joint 5th of 57 for the warmest January highs and joint 15th of 57 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 57 cities is 8.0°C; Perpignan is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 43 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
Perpignan 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°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 58 | 6.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 12.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 5.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 50 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 62 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 6.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 26 | 4.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 30 | 4.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 55 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 87 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 56 | 6.2 | 9.19 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
- Béziers in JanuaryFrance · 76 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Girona in JanuarySpain · 80 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in JanuaryAndorra · 114 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Montpellier in JanuaryFrance · 129 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Mataró in JanuarySpain · 134 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Manresa in JanuarySpain · 139 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Sabadell in JanuarySpain · 144 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Terrassa in JanuarySpain · 145 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 38 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 Perpignan) is explained once on the Perpignan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.