Average temperatures for January at cities and places throughout France are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.
There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.
The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.
Southeastern France
Average January temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
57 |
40 |
Ajaccio, Corsica |
14 |
5 |
57 |
42 |
Bastia, Corsica |
14 |
5 |
42 |
26 |
Bourg-Saint-Maurice |
6 |
-3 |
56 |
39 |
Cannes |
14 |
4 |
50 |
38 |
Carcassonne |
10 |
4 |
36 |
27 |
Chastreix |
2 |
-3 |
43 |
31 |
Grenoble |
6 |
-1 |
44 |
34 |
Lyon |
7 |
1 |
34 |
26 |
Mont Aigoual |
1 |
-3 |
48 |
37 |
Montelimar |
9 |
3 |
54 |
38 |
Montpellier |
12 |
3 |
56 |
42 |
Nice |
13 |
6 |
55 |
41 |
Perpignan |
13 |
5 |
56 |
44 |
Toulon |
13 |
7 |
Southwestern France
Average daily temperatures in January
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
54 |
41 |
Biarritz |
12 |
5 |
51 |
39 |
Bordeaux |
11 |
4 |
52 |
36 |
Pau |
11 |
2 |
51 |
34 |
Tarbes |
11 |
1 |
50 |
38 |
Toulouse |
10 |
3 |
Central France
January temperatures: daily averages
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
46 |
33 |
Clermont-Ferrand |
8 |
1 |
42 |
32 |
Dijon |
6 |
0 |
49 |
40 |
La Rochelle |
10 |
4 |
45 |
35 |
Limoges |
7 |
2 |
45 |
35 |
Orléans |
7 |
2 |
46 |
38 |
Paris |
8 |
3 |
47 |
36 |
Poitiers |
8 |
2 |
46 |
37 |
Tours |
8 |
3 |
Northeastern France
Average January temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
42 |
32 |
Besançon | 6 |
0 |
46 |
37 |
Calais |
8 |
3 |
42 |
31 |
Colmar |
6 |
-1 |
44 |
35 |
Lille |
7 |
2 |
42 |
32 |
Metz |
5 |
0 |
42 |
32 |
Nancy |
5 |
0 |
41 |
32 |
Strasbourg |
5 |
0 |
44 |
33 |
Troyes |
7 |
1 |
Northwestern France
Average January temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
47 |
36 |
Angers |
9 |
2 |
49 |
40 |
Brest |
10 |
5 |
47 |
37 |
Caen |
8 |
3 |
47 |
37 |
Le Mans |
8 |
3 |
49 |
39 |
Lorient |
10 |
4 |
49 |
38 |
Nantes |
9 |
3 |
49 |
38 |
Rennes |
9 |
3 |
44 |
35 |
Rouen |
7 |
2 |
48 |
39 |
Saint-Brieuc |
9 |
4 |