Saint-Constant weather in January

In January, Saint-Constant sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -13°C, with 70 mm of precipitation across 10.6 wet days and about 8.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 18% 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 Saint-Constant's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint-Constant's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-13°
1st coldest
Precipitation
70 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
7:37 AM – 4:30 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Saint-Constant is city in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.

Density
477/km²
people per km²
Founded
1855

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 Saint-Constant reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -14°C and 4°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)
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How January really feels in Saint-Constant

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.

Saint-Constant 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-5° / -13°7010.698.90.0
Feb-3° / -12°599.38.110.10.0
Mar / -6°7410.96.711.60.1
Apr11° / 10211.72.313.22.7
May19° / 10412014.65.6
Jun24° / 14°11812.6015.46.3
Jul26° / 16°11013015.16.2
Aug25° / 15°10812.2013.96.6
Sep21° / 11°9910.6012.36.3
Oct13° / 11211.90.510.73.5
Nov / -1°86123.39.30.6
Dec-1° / -8°8211.99.18.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% 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 (%)
12773
22773
32773
42674
52674
62674
72674
82773
92773
102773
112773
122773
132971
143070
153070
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173169
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213367
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283763
293664
303664
313664

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Saint-Constant gets around 70 mm of rain and snow over 10.6 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 40% 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 (%)
14032
24032
34032
44032
54032
64032
74032
83932
93932
103831
113731
123731
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143530
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173328
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193127
203127
213027
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232926
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282926
292926
302926
312926

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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30100
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Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

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
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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 7:40 AM to 7:25 AM, and sunset from 4:15 PM to 4:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.67:404:15
28.67:404:16
38.67:404:17
48.67:404:18
58.67:404:19
68.77:404:20
78.77:404:21
88.77:394:22
98.77:394:23
108.77:394:24
118.87:394:25
128.87:384:26
138.87:384:27
148.87:384:28
158.97:374:29
168.97:374:30
178.97:364:32
189.07:364:33
199.07:354:34
209.07:344:35
219.17:344:37
229.17:334:38
239.17:324:39
249.27:314:41
259.27:314:42
269.27:304:43
279.37:294:45
289.37:284:46
299.37:274:47
309.47:264:49
319.47:254:50

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 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.3Dim
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31.3Dim
41.4Dim
51.4Dim
61.4Dim
71.4Dim
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91.4Dim
101.5Dim
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231.9Dim
241.9Dim
251.9Dim
262.0Dim
272.0Moderate
282.0Moderate
292.1Moderate
302.1Moderate
312.1Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Saint-Constant?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Saint-Constant.

What to pack for Saint-Constant in January

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

In January, Saint-Constant sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -13°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 Saint-Constant 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 Saint-Constant 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 1 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 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug4Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Saint-Constant?

Saint-Constant sits at 45.4°N, 73.6°W, 26 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Sainte-Catherine, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Saint-Constant

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint-Constant has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,210 m.

The land around Saint-Constant is covered by artificial surfaces (30%), cropland (29%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (40%), trees (21%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
80 m
16 km
255 m
80 km
1,210 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Sainte-Catherine 4.0 km · Candiac 4.0 km · La Prairie 8.0 km · Desmarchais-Crawford 9.0 km · Ville-Émard 10 km · Verdun 10 km · Ile-des-Soeurs 10 km · Saint-Henri 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 Saint-Constant (45.3668°, -73.5659°, elevation 26 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).