Deux-Montagnes weather in January

In January, Deux-Montagnes sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -14°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 8.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Deux-Montagnes's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Deux-Montagnes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-14°
1st coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
7:39 AM – 4:31 PM
Cloud cover
70%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Deux-Montagnes is city in Quebec, Canada.

Density
2,384/km²
people per km²
Founded
1921

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Deux-Montagnes reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -14°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -15°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 4°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-4-11
2-4-12
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How January really feels in Deux-Montagnes

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Deux-Montagnes weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -14°7510.59.48.90.0
Feb-4° / -13°618.98.210.10.0
Mar / -6°7410.26.711.60.0
Apr10° / 10311.72.813.22.1
May18° / 9511.50.114.75.3
Jun23° / 14°10311.9015.46.4
Jul26° / 17°9112.5015.16.4
Aug25° / 16°9311.3013.96.8
Sep20° / 12°9310.3012.36.3
Oct13° / 10811.60.610.73.3
Nov / -1°8711.63.79.30.5
Dec-2° / -8°8611.59.28.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
32773
42773
52773
62773
72773
82773
92773
102773
112872
122872
132971
142971
153070
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183268
193367
203367
213367
223367
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243565
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263664
273763
283664
293763
303862
313961

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Deux-Montagnes gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 34% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13733
23733
33733
43733
53833
63832
73832
83832
93832
103732
113731
123731
133631
143631
153631
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203330
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243029
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282929
292829
302829
312829

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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3100
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22100
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28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:42 AM to 7:27 AM, and sunset from 4:16 PM to 4:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.67:424:16
28.67:424:17
38.67:424:17
48.67:424:18
58.67:424:19
68.67:424:20
78.77:424:21
88.77:414:22
98.77:414:23
108.77:414:24
118.77:414:25
128.87:404:27
138.87:404:28
148.87:394:29
158.97:394:30
168.97:394:31
178.97:384:32
188.97:374:34
199.07:374:35
209.07:364:36
219.07:354:38
229.17:354:39
239.17:344:40
249.17:334:42
259.27:324:43
269.27:324:44
279.27:314:46
289.37:304:47
299.37:294:48
309.47:284:50
319.47:274:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.68 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.3Dim
21.4Dim
31.4Dim
41.4Dim
51.4Dim
61.4Dim
71.4Dim
81.4Dim
91.5Dim
101.5Dim
111.5Dim
121.5Dim
131.6Dim
141.6Dim
151.6Dim
161.7Dim
171.7Dim
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191.8Dim
201.8Dim
211.8Dim
221.9Dim
231.9Dim
241.9Dim
252.0Dim
262.0Dim
272.0Moderate
282.1Moderate
292.1Moderate
302.1Moderate
312.2Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Deux-Montagnes?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Deux-Montagnes.

What to pack for Deux-Montagnes in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Deux-Montagnes sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -14°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Deux-Montagnes in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Deux-Montagnes peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 8Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug4Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Deux-Montagnes?

Deux-Montagnes sits at 45.5°N, 73.9°W, 29 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Saint-Eustache, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Deux-Montagnes

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Deux-Montagnes.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Deux-Montagnes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 867 m.

The land around Deux-Montagnes is covered by trees (35%), artificial surfaces (27%) and water (26%) within 3 km, trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
258 m
80 km
867 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Saint-Eustache 3.0 km · L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève 5.0 km · Pierrefonds-Roxboro 6.0 km · Dollard-Des Ormeaux 8.0 km · Pierrefonds 8.0 km · Kirkland 10 km · Boisbriand 11 km · Beaconsfield 12 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Deux-Montagnes (45.5346°, -73.9017°, elevation 29 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).