Climate averages 1991–2020
Toulouse weather
in January.
A cool, 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 cool month in Toulouse: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 66 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 9 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Andorra la Vella (122 km away). In January its highs average 6.3°C, 3.4°C cooler than Toulouse, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Toulouse ranks joint 14th of 57 for the warmest January highs and 37th of 57 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 57 cities is 8.0°C; Toulouse is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 53 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
Toulouse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 53 | 9.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 60 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 79 | 11.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 82 | 12.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 66 | 9.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 51 | 7.8 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 65 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 65 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 75 | 11.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 10.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 65 | 10.9 | 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
- Andorra la Vella in JanuaryAndorra · 122 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Béziers in JanuaryFrance · 146 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Pau in JanuaryFrance · 149 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Perpignan in JanuaryFrance · 155 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Montpellier in JanuaryFrance · 196 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Manresa in JanuarySpain · 211 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Bordeaux in JanuaryFrance · 212 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Girona in JanuarySpain · 213 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 60 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 Toulouse) is explained once on the Toulouse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.