Prince George weather in January

In January, Prince George sees average daytime highs of -4°C and overnight lows near -11°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 12.1 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -5°C in the first days to -3°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Prince George's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Prince George's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-4°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-11°
1st coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:30 AM – 4:11 PM
Cloud cover
71%
9th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
0.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Prince George is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 16 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
248/km²
people per km²
Founded
1807

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -5°C in the first days to -3°C by the end.

A typical January day in Prince George reaches about -4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -11°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -17°C and 4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-5-12
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20-4-10
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How January really feels in Prince George

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.

Prince George weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -11°5412.111.17.70.0
Feb-1° / -9°308.37.39.40.0
Mar / -5°359.36.311.50.4
Apr11° / 3892.113.72.8
May17° / 4090.515.75.3
Jun20° / 5310016.86.1
Jul23° / 11°5310016.36.8
Aug22° / 10°418.3014.66.9
Sep17° / 549.80.112.55.2
Oct / 7613.72.810.21.6
Nov / -5°6713.79.88.30.0
Dec-3° / -9°4610.310.47.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33169
43169
53268
63268
73268
83268
93169
103169
113169
123070
133070
143070
153070
163070
172971
182971
192971
203070
213169
223169
233169
243169
253070
263070
273169
283169
293169
303268
313367

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Prince George gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 12.1 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13537
23637
33738
43838
53938
63938
74038
84038
94038
104037
114037
124036
134036
144035
153935
163934
173833
183833
193833
203832
213732
223732
233732
243732
253732
263732
273632
283632
293632
303531
313531

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
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
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11100
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17100
18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of January to 8 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:37 AM to 8:11 AM, and sunset from 3:51 PM to 4:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:373:51
27.28:373:52
37.38:373:53
47.38:373:54
57.38:373:55
67.38:363:57
77.48:363:58
87.48:353:59
97.48:354:00
107.58:344:02
117.58:344:03
127.58:334:05
137.68:324:06
147.68:314:08
157.68:314:09
167.78:304:11
177.78:294:13
187.88:284:14
197.88:274:16
207.98:264:18
217.98:254:19
228.08:234:21
238.08:224:23
248.18:214:25
258.18:204:26
268.28:184:28
278.28:174:30
288.38:154:32
298.38:144:34
308.48:124:36
318.48:114:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.84 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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170.8Dim
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190.9Dim
200.9Dim
210.9Dim
220.9Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.2Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Prince George?

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 Prince George.

What to pack for Prince George in January

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

In January, Prince George sees daytime highs around -4°C and nights near -11°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Prince George 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 Prince George peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug3Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Prince George in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Prince George is worst in October — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 18.9× the cleanest month (January, 2 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Prince George's WHO annual average of 16 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModeratePoorOct 2437 µg/m³Jan 212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan2Good
Feb3Good
Mar5Good
Apr5Good
May25Moderate
Jun6Good
Jul27Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct37Poor
Nov37Poor
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Prince George?

Prince George sits at 53.9°N, 122.8°W, 578 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Fort St. John, 286 km away.

Fort St. JohnJasperTerraceBrocklehurstKamloopsWhistlerSalmon Arm

Topography around Prince George

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Prince George has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 603 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,438 m.

The land around Prince George is covered by trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km
160 m
16 km
412 m
80 km
1,438 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Fort St. John 286 km · Grande Prairie 290 km · Jasper 330 km · Terrace 386 km · Brocklehurst 391 km · Kamloops 397 km · Whistler 423 km · Salmon Arm 429 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 Prince George (53.9166°, -122.753°, elevation 578 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).