France in January: where is it warmest?
In January, Toulon is the warmest place with 12 °C by day, Chamonix the coolest with 1 °C. 0 of 100 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in January, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toulon | 47 | 12° | 14° | 5 h | 7 |
| Saint-Tropez | 22 | 12° | 14° | 5 h | 7 |
| Fréjus | 22 | 12° | 14° | 5 h | 7 |
| Sanary-sur-Mer | 20 | 12° | 14° | 5 h | 8 |
| Porto-Vecchio, Corsica | 17 | 12° | 14° | 4 h | 9 |
| Bonifacio | 17 | 12° | 14° | 4 h | 9 |
| Ajaccio, Corsica | 13 | 12° | 14° | 4 h | 12 |
| Marseille | 45 | 11° | 14° | 5 h | 7 |
| Perpignan | 45 | 11° | – | 5 h | 7 |
| Arles | 42 | 11° | – | 5 h | 7 |
| Narbonne | 41 | 11° | – | 4 h | 7 |
| Nîmes | 39 | 11° | – | 5 h | 8 |
| Montpellier | 37 | 11° | – | 5 h | 9 |
| Cannes | 22 | 11° | 14° | 5 h | 7 |
| Antibes | 22 | 11° | 14° | 5 h | 7 |
| Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer | 22 | 11° | 13° | 5 h | 7 |
| Saint-Paul-de-Vence | 22 | 11° | 14° | 5 h | 7 |
| Cassis | 22 | 11° | 14° | 5 h | 7 |
| Nice | 21 | 11° | 14° | 5 h | 8 |
| Menton | 21 | 11° | 14° | 5 h | 8 |
| Aigues-Mortes | 20 | 11° | 13° | 5 h | 8 |
| Sète | 17 | 11° | 13° | 5 h | 9 |
| Arcachon | 7 | 11° | 13° | 3 h | 13 |
| Biarritz | 5 | 11° | 13° | 3 h | 14 |
| Bayonne | 5 | 11° | 13° | 3 h | 14 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 5 | 11° | 13° | 3 h | 14 |
| Avignon | 40 | 10° | – | 5 h | 7 |
| Grasse | 40 | 10° | – | 5 h | 7 |
| Aix-en-Provence | 38 | 10° | – | 5 h | 8 |
| Orange | 37 | 10° | – | 5 h | 8 |
| Béziers | 35 | 10° | – | 4 h | 9 |
| Bordeaux | 24 | 10° | 12° | 3 h | 12 |
| Toulouse | 23 | 10° | – | 3 h | 11 |
| Pau | 19 | 10° | – | 3 h | 13 |
| Quimper | 13 | 10° | – | 2 h | 16 |
| Roscoff | 5 | 10° | 11° | 2 h | 15 |
| Brest | 4 | 10° | 11° | 2 h | 16 |
| Concarneau | 3 | 10° | 11° | 2 h | 16 |
| Lourdes | 25 | 9° | – | 4 h | 14 |
| Carcassonne | 20 | 9° | – | 3 h | 12 |
| Nantes | 18 | 9° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Saint-Nazaire | 9 | 9° | 9° | 3 h | 12 |
| Vannes | 9 | 9° | 10° | 2 h | 12 |
| Saint-Malo | 8 | 9° | 10° | 2 h | 12 |
| La Rochelle | 8 | 9° | 10° | 3 h | 12 |
| Lorient | 7 | 9° | 11° | 2 h | 13 |
| Carnac | 7 | 9° | 10° | 2 h | 13 |
| Rennes | 15 | 8° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Angers | 15 | 8° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Valence | 15 | 8° | – | 3 h | 11 |
| Le Mans | 14 | 8° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Tours | 14 | 8° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Poitiers | 14 | 8° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Caen | 12 | 8° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Bayeux | 11 | 8° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 10 | 8° | – | 3 h | 14 |
| Deauville | 9 | 8° | 8° | 2 h | 12 |
| Le Havre | 7 | 8° | 8° | 2 h | 15 |
| Honfleur | 5 | 8° | 8° | 2 h | 15 |
| Étretat | 4 | 8° | 9° | 2 h | 15 |
| Chartres | 16 | 7° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Amiens | 15 | 7° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Orléans | 15 | 7° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Versailles | 15 | 7° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Paris | 14 | 7° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Fontainebleau | 14 | 7° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Lens | 14 | 7° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Rouen | 13 | 7° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Lille | 13 | 7° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Troyes | 13 | 7° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Vichy | 12 | 7° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Auxerre | 12 | 7° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Lyon | 11 | 7° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Grenoble | 11 | 7° | – | 3 h | 13 |
| Limoges | 10 | 7° | – | 3 h | 13 |
| Dunkirk | 9 | 7° | 8° | 2 h | 12 |
| Dieppe | 9 | 7° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | 8 | 7° | 9° | 2 h | 13 |
| Calais | 8 | 7° | 9° | 2 h | 13 |
| Arras | 14 | 6° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Saint-Étienne | 13 | 6° | – | 3 h | 12 |
| Reims | 12 | 6° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Dijon | 11 | 6° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Beaune | 11 | 6° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Chambéry | 10 | 6° | – | 3 h | 13 |
| Besançon | 9 | 6° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 9 | 6° | – | 3 h | 14 |
| Metz | 12 | 5° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Mulhouse | 12 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Wissembourg | 12 | 5° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Eguisheim | 12 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Colmar | 11 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Nancy | 11 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Verdun | 11 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Kaysersberg | 11 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Strasbourg | 10 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Annecy | 10 | 5° | – | 3 h | 13 |
| Haguenau | 10 | 5° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Belfort | 8 | 5° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Chamonix | 11 | 1° | – | 3 h | 13 |
France in January: quick answers
France in January: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in January are Toulon (12 °C), Saint-Tropez (12 °C) and Fréjus (12 °C).
France in January: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Toulon (14 °C), Saint-Tropez (14 °C) and Fréjus (14 °C).
France in January: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in January – warm, sunny and dry – is in Toulon, Marseille and Perpignan.
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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences