Climate averages 1991–2020
Poitiers 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 Poitiers: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (94 km away). In January its highs average 7.9°C, about as warm as Poitiers, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Poitiers ranks 22nd of 57 for the warmest January highs and joint 32nd of 57 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 57 cities is 8.0°C; Poitiers is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 51 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
Poitiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | 9.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 55 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 62 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 9.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 49 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 72 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| December | 8.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 11.3 | 8.69 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 · 94 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Limoges in JanuaryFrance · 109 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Angers in JanuaryFrance · 120 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- La Rochelle in JanuaryFrance · 124 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Le Mans in JanuaryFrance · 158 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Nantes in JanuaryFrance · 160 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Orléans, France in JanuaryFrance · 188 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Bordeaux in JanuaryFrance · 206 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 71 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 Poitiers) is explained once on the Poitiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.