Average Precipitation for France in January

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during January at cities in France. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

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

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.

Southeastern France

Average monthly precipitation in January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
7	Ajaccio, Corsica	2.1	54
6	Bastia, Corsica	2.6	67
9	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	4.0	101
6	Cannes	3.2	83
10	Carcassonne	2.6	66
14	Chastreix	4.8	123
9	Grenoble	2.5	63
9	Lyon	2.2	55
12	Mont Aigoual	6.9	176
7	Montelimar	2.7	69
6	Montpellier	2.2	56
6	Nice	2.9	74
5	Perpignan	2.4	60
6	Toulon	2.8	71

Southwestern France

January averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
14	Biarritz	5.5	140
87	Bordeaux	3.4	87
12	Pau	4.0	102
11	Tarbes	3.9	99
9	Toulouse	2.2	56

Central France

Average amount of rain and snow in January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
6	Clermont-Ferrand	1.0	27
11	Dijon	2.2	57
12	La Rochelle	3.0	76
13	Limoges	3.6	91
10	Orléans	1.9	48
10	Paris	1.9	48
10	Poitiers	2.4	61
11	Tours	2.5	63

Northeastern France

Precipitation totals for January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
13	Besançon	3.5	90
12	Calais	2.3	60
8	Colmar	1.3	33
11	Lille	2.3	58
11	Metz	2.4	62
11	Nancy	2.5	64
9	Strasbourg	1.4	35
11	Troyes	1.9	48
11	Angers	2.6	67

Northwestern France

Total precipitation during January
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
18	Brest	5.6	143
12	Caen	2.5	63
11	Le Mans	2.6	66
14	Lorient	4.3	109
13	Nantes	3.5	88
12	Rennes	2.6	67
14	Rouen	3.0	76
14	Saint-Brieuc	2.9	74