Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakersfield weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Bakersfield: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Visalia (109 km away). In January its highs average 14.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bakersfield, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bakersfield ranks 131st of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 106th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Bakersfield is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 49 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
Bakersfield climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 47 | 7.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 48 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 27 | 4.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 9.8 | 2.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 35.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 31.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 26 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 48 | 6.9 | 9.810 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
- Visalia in JanuaryUnited States · 109 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Valencia, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 110 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Lancaster in JanuaryUnited States · 110 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Santa Clarita in JanuaryUnited States · 117 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Palmdale in JanuaryUnited States · 121 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Santa Barbara in JanuaryUnited States · 123 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Ventura in JanuaryUnited States · 124 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Simi Valley in JanuaryUnited States · 125 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 91 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 Bakersfield) is explained once on the Bakersfield year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.