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Paris in January: every year compared

In January, Paris averages highs of 7.1 °C and lows of 2.4 °C, with 52 mm of precipitation. The warmest January was 2007 (7.8 °C), the coldest 1945 (-3.4 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 7.1 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 2.4 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 52 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through January

Normal high and low for each day of January in Paris.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every January in Paris, ranked

86 months of January since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 38 of 86 (−0.3 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 4.4 °C · −0.3 °C vs normal · rank 38 of 86

Warmest years

120077.8 °C
220187.7 °C
319757.2 °C
419887.2 °C
520147.0 °C

Coldest years

11945-3.4 °C
21987-2.3 °C
31963-1.6 °C
41942-1.3 °C
51985-1.1 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	4.4 °C	7.0 °C	1.7 °C	128 mm	12 days	1 cm	16 days
2024	4.6 °C	7.4 °C	2.1 °C	62 mm	15 days	3 cm	11 days
2023	6.2 °C	8.2 °C	4.0 °C	74 mm	7 days	2 cm	15 days
2022	4.6 °C	7.0 °C	2.1 °C	45 mm	9 days	0 cm	6 days
2021	4.5 °C	6.8 °C	2.2 °C	90 mm	9 days	5 cm	15 days
2020	6.5 °C	9.1 °C	3.9 °C	37 mm	5 days	0 cm	9 days
2019	4.1 °C	6.2 °C	1.9 °C	49 mm	8 days	16 cm	10 days
2018	7.7 °C	9.8 °C	5.7 °C	112 mm	1 day	0 cm	17 days
2017	1.9 °C	4.6 °C	-0.6 °C	32 mm	18 days	1 cm	10 days
2016	5.6 °C	8.1 °C	3.3 °C	73 mm	7 days	0 cm	15 days
2015	4.6 °C	7.3 °C	2.1 °C	42 mm	10 days	1 cm	15 days
2014	7.0 °C	9.3 °C	4.6 °C	62 mm	1 day	0 cm	20 days
2013	3.8 °C	5.5 °C	1.8 °C	50 mm	11 days	14 cm	14 days
2012	6.4 °C	8.7 °C	4.0 °C	35 mm	7 days	0 cm	7 days
2011	4.8 °C	6.9 °C	2.7 °C	54 mm	10 days	0 cm	9 days
2010	0.9 °C	3.2 °C	-1.3 °C	34 mm	18 days	8 cm	8 days
2009	1.4 °C	4.2 °C	-1.5 °C	52 mm	16 days	2 cm	7 days
2008	6.5 °C	9.2 °C	4.0 °C	42 mm	7 days	0 cm	12 days
2007	7.8 °C	10.1 °C	5.3 °C	46 mm	3 days	0 cm	12 days
2006	2.9 °C	5.4 °C	0.6 °C	32 mm	14 days	0 cm	7 days
2005	5.5 °C	7.8 °C	3.2 °C	42 mm	7 days	5 cm	7 days
2004	5.0 °C	7.3 °C	2.7 °C	99 mm	6 days	17 cm	21 days
2003	3.0 °C	5.6 °C	0.6 °C	55 mm	14 days	3 cm	13 days
2002	5.5 °C	8.0 °C	3.2 °C	24 mm	8 days	0 cm	7 days
2001	5.2 °C	7.5 °C	3.1 °C	82 mm	7 days	1 cm	16 days
2000	4.2 °C	6.4 °C	2.1 °C	16 mm	10 days	1 cm	7 days
1999	6.3 °C	8.5 °C	4.0 °C	62 mm	5 days	4 cm	13 days
1998	4.9 °C	7.5 °C	2.6 °C	59 mm	9 days	0 cm	12 days
1997	0.4 °C	2.7 °C	-1.6 °C	7 mm	20 days	1 cm	3 days
1996	3.8 °C	6.2 °C	1.9 °C	60 mm	12 days	1 cm	10 days
1995	5.3 °C	8.2 °C	2.5 °C	114 mm	5 days	3 cm	19 days
1994	6.1 °C	8.2 °C	4.0 °C	65 mm	4 days	1 cm	14 days
1993	6.8 °C	9.2 °C	3.8 °C	56 mm	5 days	0 cm	11 days
1992	2.9 °C	5.3 °C	0.4 °C	9 mm	13 days	0 cm	3 days
1991	4.3 °C	6.2 °C	2.1 °C	54 mm	11 days	0 cm	11 days
1990	5.5 °C	7.6 °C	3.2 °C	39 mm	5 days	0 cm	10 days
1989	4.2 °C	6.7 °C	1.7 °C	22 mm	11 days	0 cm	6 days
1988	7.2 °C	9.2 °C	4.9 °C	110 mm	1 day	0 cm	21 days
1987	-2.3 °C	-0.3 °C	-4.5 °C	38 mm	25 days	8 cm	7 days
1986	4.3 °C	6.5 °C	1.6 °C	66 mm	9 days	4 cm	17 days
1985	-1.1 °C	1.6 °C	-3.9 °C	31 mm	21 days	8 cm	9 days
1984	4.7 °C	6.9 °C	2.0 °C	104 mm	6 days	9 cm	17 days
1983	6.3 °C	8.8 °C	3.9 °C	51 mm	5 days	3 cm	11 days
1982	4.0 °C	6.6 °C	1.5 °C	70 mm	11 days	14 cm	12 days
1981	4.1 °C	6.6 °C	1.5 °C	66 mm	9 days	5 cm	12 days
1980	1.7 °C	3.7 °C	-0.5 °C	37 mm	18 days	2 cm	9 days
1979	-1.0 °C	1.3 °C	-3.5 °C	36 mm	23 days	12 cm	10 days
1978	3.3 °C	5.4 °C	1.1 °C	80 mm	13 days	14 cm	16 days
1977	4.0 °C	6.1 °C	1.8 °C	50 mm	8 days	1 cm	14 days
1976	4.9 °C	6.8 °C	2.6 °C	18 mm	9 days	5 cm	6 days
1975	7.2 °C	9.6 °C	4.8 °C	59 mm	1 day	0 cm	12 days
1974	6.9 °C	9.2 °C	4.7 °C	71 mm	3 days	0 cm	15 days
1973	2.9 °C	4.9 °C	0.7 °C	32 mm	12 days	2 cm	10 days
1972	3.1 °C	5.3 °C	0.7 °C	92 mm	9 days	5 cm	16 days
1971	3.5 °C	6.1 °C	0.6 °C	48 mm	11 days	0 cm	11 days
1970	4.5 °C	6.5 °C	2.4 °C	76 mm	7 days	3 cm	20 days
1969	5.5 °C	7.6 °C	3.4 °C	42 mm	6 days	0 cm	12 days
1968	4.1 °C	6.4 °C	1.3 °C	84 mm	10 days	12 cm	14 days
1967	3.9 °C	6.0 °C	1.4 °C	46 mm	11 days	1 cm	8 days
1966	2.2 °C	4.6 °C	0.0 °C	44 mm	15 days	4 cm	9 days
1965	4.1 °C	6.4 °C	1.7 °C	95 mm	9 days	7 cm	17 days
1964	0.6 °C	3.0 °C	-1.5 °C	24 mm	21 days	4 cm	8 days
1963	-1.6 °C	0.8 °C	-4.0 °C	17 mm	25 days	3 cm	5 days
1962	5.3 °C	7.3 °C	2.9 °C	64 mm	8 days	0 cm	14 days
1961	3.7 °C	6.1 °C	1.4 °C	79 mm	13 days	0 cm	12 days
1960	4.0 °C	6.7 °C	1.4 °C	48 mm	11 days	4 cm	12 days
1959	3.2 °C	6.0 °C	0.6 °C	73 mm	17 days	13 cm	16 days
1958	4.0 °C	6.5 °C	1.0 °C	104 mm	10 days	14 cm	13 days
1957	3.6 °C	6.2 °C	1.1 °C	21 mm	14 days	0 cm	7 days
1956	4.4 °C	6.9 °C	1.7 °C	74 mm	11 days	6 cm	18 days
1955	3.8 °C	6.7 °C	1.0 °C	85 mm	16 days	5 cm	14 days
1954	1.5 °C	4.0 °C	-1.2 °C	28 mm	20 days	7 cm	8 days
1953	0.3 °C	2.1 °C	-1.9 °C	12 mm	21 days	5 cm	4 days
1952	3.2 °C	5.4 °C	0.8 °C	68 mm	10 days	6 cm	11 days
1951	5.3 °C	7.3 °C	3.4 °C	56 mm	3 days	1 cm	18 days
1950	2.4 °C	4.8 °C	0.2 °C	18 mm	15 days	0 cm	3 days
1949	4.6 °C	7.2 °C	2.3 °C	29 mm	10 days	1 cm	10 days
1948	6.6 °C	9.1 °C	4.1 °C	116 mm	2 days	2 cm	24 days
1947	0.8 °C	3.6 °C	-1.8 °C	33 mm	19 days	6 cm	10 days
1946	0.7 °C	4.2 °C	-2.1 °C	25 mm	24 days	0 cm	7 days
1945	-3.4 °C	0.2 °C	-7.5 °C	60 mm	28 days	32 cm	11 days
1944	5.0 °C	7.8 °C	2.0 °C	41 mm	11 days	0 cm	9 days
1943	5.5 °C	8.2 °C	2.8 °C	70 mm	9 days	4 cm	16 days
1942	-1.3 °C	1.4 °C	-4.2 °C	45 mm	27 days	7 cm	9 days
1941	-0.6 °C	1.6 °C	-3.1 °C	71 mm	18 days	9 cm	15 days
1940	-1.1 °C	1.8 °C	-4.0 °C	43 mm	25 days	8 cm	9 days

January records

Hottest day

16.1 °C

January 14, 1975 estimate

Nearby station: 16.1 °C on January 5, 1999 measured

Coldest night

-19.1 °C

January 22, 1942 estimate

Nearby station: -14.6 °C on January 23, 1940 measured

Wettest day

37 mm

January 14, 1948 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Paris in January?

Highs average 7.1 °C and lows 2.4 °C. A typical January brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 9 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Paris in January?

About 52 mm falls in January, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest January was 2025 (128 mm), the driest 1997 (7 mm).

What was the warmest January in Paris?

2007, with a mean temperature of 7.8 °C. The coldest was 1945 (-3.4 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 38 of 86.