Saint-Lazare weather in January

In January, Saint-Lazare sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -14°C, with 77 mm of precipitation across 10.6 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 Saint-Lazare's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint-Lazare's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-14°
1st coldest
Precipitation
77 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
7:39 AM – 4:33 PM
Cloud cover
70%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Saint-Lazare is city in Montérégue, Quebec, Canada.

Density
295/km²
people per km²
Founded
1875

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-Lazare reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -14°C overnight — a 9°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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How January really feels in Saint-Lazare

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-Lazare 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°7710.69.48.90.0
Feb-4° / -13°6298.310.10.0
Mar / -7°7510.4711.60.1
Apr11° / 10511.42.913.22.6
May19° / 10011.50.214.75.7
Jun24° / 13°10511.7015.46.4
Jul26° / 16°10012.5015.16.3
Aug25° / 15°9811.2013.96.7
Sep20° / 10°9610.2012.36.3
Oct13° / 10911.60.610.73.4
Nov / -2°8811.43.89.30.4
Dec-2° / -9°8611.69.18.60.0

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 68%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
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143169
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243565
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273664
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303862
313862

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Saint-Lazare gets around 77 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 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 (%)
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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 13 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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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 4:17 PM to 4:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.67:424:17
28.67:424:18
38.67:424:19
48.67:424:20
58.67:424:21
68.77:424:22
78.77:424:23
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108.77:414:26
118.87:414:27
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158.97:394:31
168.97:394:33
178.97:384:34
189.07:384:35
199.07:374:36
209.07:374:38
219.07:364:39
229.17:354:40
239.17:354:42
249.27:344:43
259.27:334:44
269.27:324:46
279.37:314:47
289.37:304:48
299.37:294:50
309.47:284:51
319.47:274:52

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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272.0Dim
282.0Moderate
292.1Moderate
302.1Moderate
312.1Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Saint-Lazare?

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-Lazare.

What to pack for Saint-Lazare in January

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

In January, Saint-Lazare 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 Saint-Lazare 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-Lazare 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 Saint-Lazare?

Saint-Lazare sits at 45.4°N, 74.1°W, 56 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Vaudreuil-Dorion, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Saint-Lazare

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint-Lazare has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 67 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 257 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,210 m.

The land around Saint-Lazare is covered by trees (64%) within 3 km, trees (34%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
257 m
80 km
1,210 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Vaudreuil-Dorion 8.0 km · Les Coteaux 15 km · Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 17 km · Pierrefonds 20 km · Beaconsfield 21 km · L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève 21 km · Kirkland 22 km · Deux-Montagnes 23 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-Lazare (45.4001°, -74.1326°, 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. 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).