Average Sunshine in France for January

The tables below give January averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout France.

There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

For most places the total number of hours in the month with sunshine is an average of data collected from 1991 to 2020, while the rest are averages of 1991 to 2010. The numbers of days with strong and weak sunshine are based on measurements made from 1991 to 2000.

Southeastern France

Total January sunshine

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
136	Ajaccio (Corsica)	8	9
139	Bastia (Corsica)	8	9
110	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	0	10
148	Cannes	–	–
95	Carcassonne	5	14
91	Grenoble	6	15
73	Lyon	3	19
145	Marseille	10	10
107	Montelimar	–	–
146	Montpellier	10	10
157	Nice	12	8
141	Perpignan	10	11
147	Toulon	12	9

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in January

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
96	Biarritz	6	13
90	Bordeaux	5	13
101	Pau	–	–
114	Tarbes	–	–
93	Toulouse	5	14

Central France

Average January sun

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
85	Clermont-Ferrand	5	18
61	Dijon	2	20
91	La Rochelle	4	16
80	Limoges	6	16
64	Orléans	3	19
59	Paris	2	20
70	Poitiers	3	18
68	Tours	2	18

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in January on average

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
68	Besançon	3	17
72	Colmar	2	19
62	Lille	3	19
54	Metz	2	22
52	Nancy	2	21
–	Reims	3	19
56	Strasbourg	2	21
63	Troyes	4	20

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in January

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
69	Angers	2	18
61	Brest	2	19
71	Caen	2	18
65	Le Mans	2	19
71	Lorient	2	18
73	Nantes	3	17
68	Rennes	2	18
52	Rouen	3	20
65	Saint-Brieuc	2	19