Joliette weather in January

In January, Joliette sees average daytime highs of -6°C and overnight lows near -16°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 9.7 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 -6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 30 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Joliette's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Joliette's year-round climate.

Daytime high: -6°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: -16°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 75 mm; 9.7 wet days
Daylight: 8 h 48 min; 7:38 AM – 4:28 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 1.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Joliette is city in Québec, Canada.

Density: 1,514/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1864

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Joliette reaches about -6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -16°C overnight — a 10°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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6
Avg low (°C)	-14	-14	-14	-14	-14	-14	-15	-15	-15	-15	-15	-15	-15	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16	-16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-5	-14
2	-5	-14
3	-5	-14
4	-5	-14
5	-5	-14
6	-5	-14
7	-5	-15
8	-5	-15
9	-6	-15
10	-6	-15
11	-6	-15
12	-6	-15
13	-6	-15
14	-6	-16
15	-6	-16
16	-6	-16
17	-6	-16
18	-6	-16
19	-6	-16
20	-6	-16
21	-6	-16
22	-6	-16
23	-6	-16
24	-6	-16
25	-6	-16
26	-6	-16
27	-6	-16
28	-6	-16
29	-6	-16
30	-6	-16
31	-6	-16

How January really feels in Joliette

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Joliette 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-6° / -16°	75	9.7	9.3	8.9	0.0
Feb	-4° / -15°	60	8.3	7.8	10	0.0
Mar	2° / -8°	72	9.9	6.8	11.6	0.0
Apr	11° / 0°	99	10.9	3.2	13.3	2.5
May	19° / 7°	89	11.4	0.2	14.7	5.7
Jun	24° / 13°	92	11.1	0	15.5	6.5
Jul	26° / 15°	88	11.8	0	15.2	6.4
Aug	25° / 14°	88	11.1	0	14	6.8
Sep	20° / 9°	91	9.4	0	12.3	6.3
Oct	13° / 3°	102	10.7	0.9	10.7	3.3
Nov	5° / -3°	84	10.4	4.1	9.2	0.4
Dec	-2° / -11°	84	11	9.2	8.5	0.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	34	34	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	40	40	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Cloudier (%)	66	66	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	60	60	60	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Joliette gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 9.7 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 31% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Snow chance (%)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	32
2	35	32
3	35	32
4	35	32
5	35	32
6	35	32
7	35	32
8	35	32
9	35	32
10	34	32
11	34	31
12	33	31
13	33	31
14	32	30
15	32	30
16	31	30
17	31	29
18	30	29
19	30	29
20	29	28
21	29	28
22	28	28
23	28	28
24	28	28
25	28	28
26	28	27
27	28	27
28	28	27
29	28	27
30	28	27
31	28	27

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 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 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:42 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 4:12 PM to 4:48 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:42	7:42	7:42	7:42	7:42	7:42	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26
Sunset (PM)	4:12	4:13	4:14	4:15	4:16	4:17	4:18	4:19	4:20	4:21	4:22	4:23	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:31	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:41	4:42	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.5	7:42	4:12
2	8.5	7:42	4:13
3	8.5	7:42	4:14
4	8.5	7:42	4:15
5	8.6	7:42	4:16
6	8.6	7:42	4:17
7	8.6	7:41	4:18
8	8.6	7:41	4:19
9	8.6	7:41	4:20
10	8.7	7:41	4:21
11	8.7	7:40	4:22
12	8.7	7:40	4:23
13	8.7	7:40	4:24
14	8.8	7:39	4:25
15	8.8	7:39	4:26
16	8.8	7:38	4:28
17	8.9	7:38	4:29
18	8.9	7:37	4:30
19	8.9	7:37	4:31
20	8.9	7:36	4:33
21	9.0	7:35	4:34
22	9.0	7:34	4:35
23	9.1	7:34	4:37
24	9.1	7:33	4:38
25	9.1	7:32	4:39
26	9.2	7:31	4:41
27	9.2	7:30	4:42
28	9.2	7:29	4:44
29	9.3	7:28	4:45
30	9.3	7:27	4:46
31	9.4	7:26	4:48

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.3	Dim
2	1.3	Dim
3	1.3	Dim
4	1.4	Dim
5	1.4	Dim
6	1.4	Dim
7	1.4	Dim
8	1.4	Dim
9	1.4	Dim
10	1.5	Dim
11	1.5	Dim
12	1.5	Dim
13	1.5	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.6	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.8	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	2.0	Dim
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Joliette?

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 Joliette.

What to pack for Joliette in January

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

In January, Joliette sees daytime highs around -6°C and nights near -16°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Joliette 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 Joliette 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	4	6	6	8	4	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Moderate	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Joliette?

Joliette sits at 46.0°N, 73.4°W, 57 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Saint-Charles-Borromée, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Joliette

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Joliette has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 924 m.

The land around Joliette is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

artificial surfaces 35%

16 km

172 m

cropland 51%

80 km

924 m

trees 56%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← December Joliette year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Saint-Charles-Borromée 5.0 km · L'Assomption 21 km · Sorel-Tracy 24 km · Repentigny 31 km · Saint-Lin-Laurentides 32 km · Mascouche 33 km · Varennes 37 km · Terrebonne 39 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

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 Joliette (46.0164°, -73.4236°, elevation 57 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-5	-14
2	-5	-14
3	-5	-14
4	-5	-14
5	-5	-14
6	-5	-14
7	-5	-15
8	-5	-15
9	-6	-15
10	-6	-15
11	-6	-15
12	-6	-15
13	-6	-15
14	-6	-16
15	-6	-16
16	-6	-16
17	-6	-16
18	-6	-16
19	-6	-16
20	-6	-16
21	-6	-16
22	-6	-16
23	-6	-16
24	-6	-16
25	-6	-16
26	-6	-16
27	-6	-16
28	-6	-16
29	-6	-16
30	-6	-16
31	-6	-16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	32
2	35	32
3	35	32
4	35	32
5	35	32
6	35	32
7	35	32
8	35	32
9	35	32
10	34	32
11	34	31
12	33	31
13	33	31
14	32	30
15	32	30
16	31	30
17	31	29
18	30	29
19	30	29
20	29	28
21	29	28
22	28	28
23	28	28
24	28	28
25	28	28
26	28	27
27	28	27
28	28	27
29	28	27
30	28	27
31	28	27

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-5	-14
2	-5	-14
3	-5	-14
4	-5	-14
5	-5	-14
6	-5	-14
7	-5	-15
8	-5	-15
9	-6	-15
10	-6	-15
11	-6	-15
12	-6	-15
13	-6	-15
14	-6	-16
15	-6	-16
16	-6	-16
17	-6	-16
18	-6	-16
19	-6	-16
20	-6	-16
21	-6	-16
22	-6	-16
23	-6	-16
24	-6	-16
25	-6	-16
26	-6	-16
27	-6	-16
28	-6	-16
29	-6	-16
30	-6	-16
31	-6	-16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	32
2	35	32
3	35	32
4	35	32
5	35	32
6	35	32
7	35	32
8	35	32
9	35	32
10	34	32
11	34	31
12	33	31
13	33	31
14	32	30
15	32	30
16	31	30
17	31	29
18	30	29
19	30	29
20	29	28
21	29	28
22	28	28
23	28	28
24	28	28
25	28	28
26	28	27
27	28	27
28	28	27
29	28	27
30	28	27
31	28	27

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-5	-14
2	-5	-14
3	-5	-14
4	-5	-14
5	-5	-14
6	-5	-14
7	-5	-15
8	-5	-15
9	-6	-15
10	-6	-15
11	-6	-15
12	-6	-15
13	-6	-15
14	-6	-16
15	-6	-16
16	-6	-16
17	-6	-16
18	-6	-16
19	-6	-16
20	-6	-16
21	-6	-16
22	-6	-16
23	-6	-16
24	-6	-16
25	-6	-16
26	-6	-16
27	-6	-16
28	-6	-16
29	-6	-16
30	-6	-16
31	-6	-16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	32
2	35	32
3	35	32
4	35	32
5	35	32
6	35	32
7	35	32
8	35	32
9	35	32
10	34	32
11	34	31
12	33	31
13	33	31
14	32	30
15	32	30
16	31	30
17	31	29
18	30	29
19	30	29
20	29	28
21	29	28
22	28	28
23	28	28
24	28	28
25	28	28
26	28	27
27	28	27
28	28	27
29	28	27
30	28	27
31	28	27

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100