Rivière-du-Loup weather in January

In January, Rivière-du-Loup sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -14°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -6°C in the first days to -8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rivière-du-Loup's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rivière-du-Loup's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-14°
1st coldest
Precipitation
67 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
7:29 AM – 4:05 PM
Cloud cover
71%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Rivière-du-Loup is town in Quebec, Canada.

Density
134/km²
people per km²
Founded
1850

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about -6°C in the first days to -8°C by the end.

A typical January day in Rivière-du-Loup reaches about -8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -14°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -16°C and 1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 4°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Rivière-du-Loup

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.

Rivière-du-Loup weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -14°679.910.68.60.0
Feb-7° / -14°608.99.49.90.0
Mar-1° / -8°7710.710.111.60.0
Apr / -1°9312.26.313.40.4
May12° / 9312.61.114.93.0
Jun17° / 10°9312.4015.75.2
Jul20° / 14°8912.7015.45.9
Aug20° / 13°8711.9014.16.1
Sep16° / 10111.7012.44.6
Oct / 11712.31.510.61.7
Nov / -2°9111.56.99.10.0
Dec-4° / -9°8810.910.68.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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253565
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273664
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313763

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Rivière-du-Loup gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 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 7:34 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 3:49 PM to 4:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.37:343:49
28.37:343:50
38.37:343:51
48.37:343:52
58.37:333:53
68.37:333:54
78.47:333:55
88.47:333:56
98.47:333:57
108.47:323:58
118.57:323:59
128.57:324:00
138.57:314:02
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158.67:304:04
168.67:294:05
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188.77:284:08
198.77:274:09
208.77:274:11
218.87:264:12
228.87:254:14
238.87:244:15
248.97:234:16
258.97:224:18
269.07:214:19
279.07:204:21
289.07:194:22
299.17:184:24
309.17:174:25
319.27:164:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.46 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Rivière-du-Loup?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rivière-du-Loup.

What to pack for Rivière-du-Loup in January

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

In January, Rivière-du-Loup sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -14°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Rivière-du-Loup in January

The nearest coast averages about -0°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 11°C and coldest in February near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Jun8Bracing
Jul11Bracing
Aug11Bracing
Sep9Bracing
Oct6Bracing
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UV index in Rivière-du-Loup 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 Rivière-du-Loup peaks around July 12 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Jul7Very high
Aug3Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Rivière-du-Loup?

Rivière-du-Loup sits at 47.8°N, 69.5°W, 56 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Rimouski, 102 km away.

Topography around Rivière-du-Loup

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Rivière-du-Loup.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rivière-du-Loup has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 61 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,042 m.

The land around Rivière-du-Loup is covered by trees (26%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, water (40%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
160 m
16 km
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80 km
1,042 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Rimouski 102 km · Edmundston 104 km · Saguenay 131 km · Chicoutimi 131 km · Jonquière 143 km · Beauport 164 km · Lévis 168 km · Charlesbourg 168 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 Rivière-du-Loup (47.827°, -69.5424°, elevation 56 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).