Climate averages 1991–2020
Charlotte weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Charlotte: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th 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 Concord (North Carolina), United States (31 km away). In January its highs average 9.7°C, about as warm as Charlotte, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Charlotte ranks joint 243rd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 358th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Charlotte is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 83 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
Charlotte climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 91 | 9.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 83 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 106 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 87 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 76 | 10.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 95 | 13.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 98 | 14.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 96 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 98 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 81 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 82 | 7.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 93 | 9.1 | 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
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 31 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Gastonia in JanuaryUnited States · 31 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Rock Hill in JanuaryUnited States · 37 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 95 mm rain
- High Point in JanuaryUnited States · 111 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in JanuaryUnited States · 111 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Greensboro in JanuaryUnited States · 134 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 137 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Asheville in JanuaryUnited States · 161 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -2.6°C · 96 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 Charlotte) is explained once on the Charlotte year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.