Ajaccio weather in January

In January, Ajaccio sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 87 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ajaccio's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ajaccio's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 87 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 7:56 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; out of 10

Ajaccio is French commune and prefecture of Corse-du-Sud and Corsica.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 663/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ajaccio reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	7
2	11	7
3	11	7
4	10	7
5	10	7
6	10	7
7	10	7
8	10	7
9	10	7
10	10	7
11	10	7
12	10	7
13	10	7
14	10	7
15	10	7
16	10	7
17	10	7
18	10	7
19	10	7
20	10	7
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	7
25	10	7
26	10	7
27	10	7
28	10	7
29	10	7
30	10	7
31	10	7

Ajaccio weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 7°	87	11.4	1.1	9.3	2.3
Feb	10° / 7°	75	10.4	1.4	10.3	2.3
Mar	12° / 8°	75	10.4	0.9	11.7	3.2
Apr	14° / 10°	74	10.3	0.2	13.1	4.1
May	17° / 14°	56	7.4	0	14.3	6.1
Jun	21° / 18°	31	5.5	0	15	7.7
Jul	24° / 20°	13	3	0	14.7	8.9
Aug	24° / 21°	14	3.1	0	13.7	8.8
Sep	21° / 18°	52	7.1	0	12.3	7.3
Oct	18° / 15°	103	10.4	0	10.9	6.0
Nov	14° / 11°	136	13.3	0.1	9.6	3.9
Dec	11° / 8°	122	13.6	0.9	9	2.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	54
Cloudier (%)	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ajaccio gets around 87 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	41	40	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	3
2	40	3
3	40	3
4	39	2
5	38	2
6	37	2
7	37	2
8	36	2
9	35	2
10	35	3
11	35	3
12	35	3
13	35	3
14	35	3
15	35	4
16	36	4
17	36	4
18	36	4
19	37	4
20	37	4
21	37	5
22	37	5
23	38	5
24	38	5
25	38	5
26	38	5
27	38	5
28	37	5
29	37	5
30	37	5
31	37	5

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:58 AM to 7:47 AM, and sunset from 4:58 PM to 5:30 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47
Sunset (PM)	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.0	7:58	4:58
2	9.0	7:58	4:59
3	9.0	7:58	5:00
4	9.0	7:58	5:01
5	9.0	7:59	5:01
6	9.1	7:58	5:02
7	9.1	7:58	5:03
8	9.1	7:58	5:04
9	9.1	7:58	5:05
10	9.1	7:58	5:06
11	9.2	7:58	5:07
12	9.2	7:58	5:08
13	9.2	7:57	5:09
14	9.2	7:57	5:10
15	9.2	7:57	5:11
16	9.3	7:56	5:12
17	9.3	7:56	5:13
18	9.3	7:55	5:15
19	9.3	7:55	5:16
20	9.4	7:54	5:17
21	9.4	7:54	5:18
22	9.4	7:53	5:19
23	9.5	7:53	5:20
24	9.5	7:52	5:22
25	9.5	7:51	5:23
26	9.6	7:51	5:24
27	9.6	7:50	5:25
28	9.6	7:49	5:26
29	9.7	7:48	5:28
30	9.7	7:48	5:29
31	9.7	7:47	5:30

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.29 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.7	Dim
2	1.7	Dim
3	1.7	Dim
4	1.7	Dim
5	1.7	Dim
6	1.7	Dim
7	1.8	Dim
8	1.8	Dim
9	1.8	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	2.0	Dim
20	2.0	Dim
21	2.0	Moderate
22	2.0	Moderate
23	2.0	Moderate
24	2.1	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ajaccio

In seasonPeak

In January, Ajaccio sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ajaccio's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ajaccio?

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

2.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ajaccio.

What to pack for Ajaccio in January

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

In January, Ajaccio sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Ajaccio in January

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 7 to Oct 24 — about 4.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	14	15	18	21	24	25	23	21	18	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Bracing
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Ajaccio in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ajaccio peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	5	7	9	10	7	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Ajaccio?

Ajaccio sits at 41.9°N, 8.7°E, 0 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Bastia, 105 km away.

Topography around Ajaccio

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ajaccio has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 419 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,125 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,620 m.

The land around Ajaccio is covered by water (51%) within 3 km, water (42%), shrubs (26%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

419 m

water 51%

16 km

1,125 m

water 42%

80 km

2,620 m

water 53%

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← December Ajaccio year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Bastia 105 km · Porto Torres 124 km · Olbia 128 km · Monte Rosello 132 km · Sassari 134 km · Alghero 155 km · Nuoro 184 km · Piombino 185 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
Religion

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 Ajaccio (41.9189°, 8.7381°, elevation 0 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	7
2	11	7
3	11	7
4	10	7
5	10	7
6	10	7
7	10	7
8	10	7
9	10	7
10	10	7
11	10	7
12	10	7
13	10	7
14	10	7
15	10	7
16	10	7
17	10	7
18	10	7
19	10	7
20	10	7
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	7
25	10	7
26	10	7
27	10	7
28	10	7
29	10	7
30	10	7
31	10	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	3
2	40	3
3	40	3
4	39	2
5	38	2
6	37	2
7	37	2
8	36	2
9	35	2
10	35	3
11	35	3
12	35	3
13	35	3
14	35	3
15	35	4
16	36	4
17	36	4
18	36	4
19	37	4
20	37	4
21	37	5
22	37	5
23	38	5
24	38	5
25	38	5
26	38	5
27	38	5
28	37	5
29	37	5
30	37	5
31	37	5

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	7
2	11	7
3	11	7
4	10	7
5	10	7
6	10	7
7	10	7
8	10	7
9	10	7
10	10	7
11	10	7
12	10	7
13	10	7
14	10	7
15	10	7
16	10	7
17	10	7
18	10	7
19	10	7
20	10	7
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	7
25	10	7
26	10	7
27	10	7
28	10	7
29	10	7
30	10	7
31	10	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	3
2	40	3
3	40	3
4	39	2
5	38	2
6	37	2
7	37	2
8	36	2
9	35	2
10	35	3
11	35	3
12	35	3
13	35	3
14	35	3
15	35	4
16	36	4
17	36	4
18	36	4
19	37	4
20	37	4
21	37	5
22	37	5
23	38	5
24	38	5
25	38	5
26	38	5
27	38	5
28	37	5
29	37	5
30	37	5
31	37	5

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	7
2	11	7
3	11	7
4	10	7
5	10	7
6	10	7
7	10	7
8	10	7
9	10	7
10	10	7
11	10	7
12	10	7
13	10	7
14	10	7
15	10	7
16	10	7
17	10	7
18	10	7
19	10	7
20	10	7
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	7
25	10	7
26	10	7
27	10	7
28	10	7
29	10	7
30	10	7
31	10	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	3
2	40	3
3	40	3
4	39	2
5	38	2
6	37	2
7	37	2
8	36	2
9	35	2
10	35	3
11	35	3
12	35	3
13	35	3
14	35	3
15	35	4
16	36	4
17	36	4
18	36	4
19	37	4
20	37	4
21	37	5
22	37	5
23	38	5
24	38	5
25	38	5
26	38	5
27	38	5
28	37	5
29	37	5
30	37	5
31	37	5

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100