Victoriaville weather in January

In January, Victoriaville sees average daytime highs of -6°C and overnight lows near -15°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 12.7 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 -6°C through the month. 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 30 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Victoriaville's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Victoriaville's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-6°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-15°
1st coldest
Precipitation
82 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
7:33 AM – 4:22 PM
Cloud cover
72%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
1.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Victoriaville is city in Centre-du-Québec, Québec, Canada.

Density
399/km²
people per km²
Founded
1993

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 -6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Victoriaville reaches about -6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -15°C overnight — a 10°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Victoriaville

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.

Victoriaville 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-6° / -15°8212.712.18.90.0
Feb-4° / -14°6710.310.5100.0
Mar / -8°8111.78.511.60.0
Apr10° / 10312.6413.32.1
May18° / 114140.314.75.1
Jun22° / 12°12913.6015.56.0
Jul25° / 15°13515.3015.26.0
Aug24° / 14°12813.90146.4
Sep19° / 11011.3012.35.8
Oct12° / 12012.61.110.73.0
Nov / -3°9512.869.20.3
Dec-2° / -10°9713.511.58.50.0

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 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32674
42674
52674
62674
72674
82674
92773
102773
112773
122872
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142971
152971
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203268
213367
223367
233565
243565
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263466
273565
283565
293466
303367
313367

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Victoriaville gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 12.7 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 41% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14643
24643
34542
44542
54542
64542
74542
84441
94441
104341
114341
124240
134240
144139
154039
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313636

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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31100

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
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 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 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:36 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 4:06 PM to 4:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.57:364:06
28.57:364:07
38.57:364:08
48.57:364:09
58.67:364:10
68.67:364:11
78.67:364:12
88.67:364:13
98.67:354:14
108.77:354:15
118.77:354:16
128.77:344:17
138.77:344:18
148.87:344:19
158.87:334:20
168.87:334:22
178.87:324:23
188.97:314:24
198.97:314:25
208.97:304:27
219.07:294:28
229.07:294:29
239.07:284:31
249.17:274:32
259.17:264:33
269.27:254:35
279.27:244:36
289.27:244:38
299.37:234:39
309.37:224:40
319.47:204:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.2Dim
31.3Dim
41.3Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.4Dim
101.4Dim
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312.0Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Victoriaville?

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 Victoriaville.

What to pack for Victoriaville in January

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

In January, Victoriaville sees daytime highs around -6°C and nights near -15°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Victoriaville 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 Victoriaville peaks around July 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug3Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Victoriaville?

Victoriaville sits at 46.1°N, 72.0°W, 131 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Drummondville, 44 km away.

Topography around Victoriaville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Victoriaville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 841 m.

The land around Victoriaville is covered by trees (37%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
424 m
80 km
841 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Drummondville 44 km · Thetford-Mines 51 km · Trois-Rivières 56 km · Sherbrooke 72 km · Rock Forest 77 km · Shawinigan 83 km · Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 86 km · Magog 88 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 Victoriaville (46.0501°, -71.9658°, elevation 131 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).