Timmins weather in January

In January, Timmins sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -21°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Timmins's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Timmins's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-21°
1st coldest
Precipitation
41 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:19 AM – 4:50 PM
Cloud cover
78%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
1.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Timmins is city in Ontario, Canada.

Density
14/km²
people per km²
Founded
1912

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 -11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Timmins reaches about -11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -21°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -21°C and -0°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 4°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Timmins

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.

Timmins 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-11° / -21°419.610.58.60.0
Feb-8° / -19°326.97.79.90.0
Mar-1° / -13°438.5811.60.0
Apr / -4°628.85.413.41.1
May16° / 6910.31154.8
Jun22° / 10°7911.40.115.86.2
Jul23° / 13°9512.4015.56.4
Aug22° / 11°8812014.16.3
Sep17° / 9512.20.112.45.0
Oct / 8813.23.310.61.5
Nov / -7°6811.3990.0
Dec-7° / -15°5010.311.18.20.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Timmins gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 31% and peaks near 33% 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 (%)
13335
23335
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312528

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 (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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412calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 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 8:24 AM to 8:05 AM, and sunset from 4:33 PM to 5:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:244:33
28.28:244:34
38.28:244:35
48.28:234:36
58.28:234:37
68.28:234:38
78.38:234:39
88.38:234:40
98.38:224:41
108.38:224:43
118.48:224:44
128.48:214:45
138.48:214:46
148.58:204:48
158.58:204:49
168.58:194:50
178.68:184:51
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198.68:174:54
208.78:164:56
218.78:154:57
228.78:154:58
238.88:145:00
248.88:135:01
258.98:125:03
268.98:115:04
278.98:105:06
289.08:095:07
299.08:085:09
309.18:065:10
319.18:055:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.41 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.1Dim
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31.1Dim
41.1Dim
51.2Dim
61.2Dim
71.2Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Timmins?

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
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Timmins.

What to pack for Timmins in January

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

In January, Timmins sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -21°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 Timmins 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 Timmins peaks around July 10 at about 7 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 10UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Timmins?

Timmins sits at 48.5°N, 81.3°W, 301 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Rouyn-Noranda, 173 km away.

North BaySault Ste. MarieSault Ste. Marie

Topography around Timmins

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Timmins has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 301 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 567 m.

The land around Timmins is covered by trees (45%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
104 m
16 km
371 m
80 km
567 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Rouyn-Noranda 173 km · Valley East 204 km · Greater Sudbury 221 km · Amos 237 km · Val-d'Or 265 km · North Bay 277 km · Sault Ste. Marie 313 km · Sault Ste. Marie 315 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 Timmins (48.4669°, -81.3331°, elevation 301 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).