Wasaga Beach weather in January

In January, Wasaga Beach sees average daytime highs of -3°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -2°C in the first days to -3°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Wasaga Beach's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wasaga Beach's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-3°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
8:00 AM – 4:59 PM
Cloud cover
86%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Wasaga Beach is town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Founded
1974

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 -2°C in the first days to -3°C by the end.

A typical January day in Wasaga Beach reaches about -3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -11°C and 4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-1-7
2-1-7
3-2-8
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How January really feels in Wasaga Beach

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.

Wasaga Beach 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-3° / -10°691313.390.0
Feb-3° / -10°519.39.510.10.0
Mar / -5°6010.57.211.60.0
Apr / 8211.13.513.21.6
May15° / 8410.20.114.64.6
Jun21° / 13°8310.8015.36.4
Jul24° / 17°7811.10156.9
Aug24° / 16°8411.4013.96.8
Sep20° / 12°8511.5012.36.1
Oct13° / 9114.10.610.73.2
Nov / 8814.26.39.40.5
Dec / -5°7515.313.18.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
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311882

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Wasaga Beach gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 42% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
15046
25046
35046
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313437

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 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 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 8:02 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 4:44 PM to 5:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.78:024:44
28.78:024:45
38.78:024:46
48.78:034:47
58.88:024:48
68.88:024:48
78.88:024:49
88.88:024:50
98.88:024:51
108.88:024:52
118.98:014:54
128.98:014:55
138.98:014:56
148.98:004:57
159.08:004:58
169.08:004:59
179.07:595:00
189.17:595:02
199.17:585:03
209.17:575:04
219.17:575:05
229.27:565:07
239.27:555:08
249.27:555:09
259.37:545:10
269.37:535:12
279.37:525:13
289.47:515:14
299.47:505:16
309.57:495:17
319.57:485:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.2Dim
31.2Dim
41.2Dim
51.2Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
111.4Dim
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161.5Dim
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291.9Dim
302.0Dim
312.0Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Wasaga Beach?

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
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wasaga Beach.

What to pack for Wasaga Beach in January

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

In January, Wasaga Beach sees daytime highs around -3°C and nights near -10°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Wasaga Beach in January

The nearest coast averages about 3°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 21°C and coldest in March near 1°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Aug 9 to Aug 24 — about 0.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
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Mar1Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May5Bracing
Jun11Bracing
Jul19Cool
Aug21Refreshing
Sep19Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Wasaga Beach 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 Wasaga Beach peaks around June 21 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 highHighModerateLowJun 21UV 8Jan 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Wasaga Beach?

Wasaga Beach sits at 44.5°N, 80.0°W, 188 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Collingwood, 16 km away.

Topography around Wasaga Beach

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wasaga Beach has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m.

The land around Wasaga Beach is covered by trees (42%) and water (38%) within 3 km, water (34%), cropland (33%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), water (28%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
371 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Collingwood 16 km · Midland 28 km · Barrie 31 km · Innisfil 38 km · Alliston 42 km · Orillia 48 km · Keswick 53 km · East Gwillimbury 65 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 Wasaga Beach (44.5168°, -80.0164°, elevation 188 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).