Arras weather in January

In January, Arras sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Arras's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arras's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
59 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:50 AM – 5:06 PM
Cloud cover
75%
9th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.6
out of 10

Arras is commune in Pas-de-Calais, France.

Density
4,046/km²
people per km²

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 Arras reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
162
262
362
462
562
662
772
872
972
1072
1172
1272
1372
1472
1562
1662
1762
1862
1962
2062
2162
2262
2362
2462
2562
2661
2761
2861
2961
3061
3161

How January really feels in Arras

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
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Arras weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5911.418.30.6
Feb / 5110.61.39.70.9
Mar11° / 5211.20.811.52.4
Apr14° / 5211.40.113.53.9
May17° / 6612.4015.25.1
Jun20° / 12°6211.1016.15.9
Jul22° / 14°6010.6015.76.5
Aug22° / 14°6811.4014.36.5
Sep19° / 11°499.4012.46.0
Oct15° / 6311010.54.2
Nov10° / 6211.90.38.82.0
Dec / 7312.71.17.90.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22674
32674
42674
52575
62674
72773
82773
92773
102872
112773
122872
132872
142872
152773
162773
172773
182773
192773
202872
212773
222674
232674
242674
252674
262575
272674
282674
292575
302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Arras gets around 59 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.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1413
2413
3403
4403
5403
6393
7393
8383
9383
10373
11373
12373
13363
14363
15363
16363
17363
18363
19363
20363
21364
22364
23364
24364
25364
26364
27364
28364
29364
30365
31365

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
1417light breeze
1517light breeze
1617light breeze
1717light breeze
1817light breeze
1917light breeze
2017light breeze
2117light breeze
2217light breeze
2317light breeze
2416light breeze
2516light breeze
2616light breeze
2716light breeze
2816light breeze
2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:56 AM to 8:35 AM, and sunset from 4:48 PM to 5:29 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:564:48
27.98:564:49
37.98:564:50
47.98:554:51
58.08:554:52
68.08:554:53
78.08:554:55
88.08:544:56
98.08:544:57
108.18:544:58
118.18:534:59
128.18:535:01
138.28:525:02
148.28:525:03
158.28:515:05
168.38:505:06
178.38:495:08
188.38:495:09
198.48:485:10
208.48:475:12
218.58:465:13
228.58:455:15
238.58:445:17
248.68:435:18
258.68:425:20
268.78:415:21
278.78:405:23
288.88:395:25
298.88:375:26
308.98:365:28
318.98:355:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
20.7Dim
30.7Dim
40.7Dim
50.7Dim
60.7Dim
70.8Dim
80.8Dim
90.8Dim
100.8Dim
110.8Dim
120.8Dim
130.8Dim
140.8Dim
150.8Dim
160.9Dim
170.9Dim
180.9Dim
190.9Dim
200.9Dim
210.9Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Arras?

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

0.6
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Arras.

What to pack for Arras in January

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

In January, Arras sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Arras 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 Arras peaks around July 24 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 24UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Arras?

Arras sits at 50.3°N, 2.8°E, 73 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Avion, 14 km away.

Topography around Arras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arras has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 77 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m.

The land around Arras is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), trees (26%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (70%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
185 m
80 km
352 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Avion 14 km · Liévin 14 km · Lens 16 km · Hénin-Beaumont 19 km · Douai 23 km · Carvin 25 km · Sin-le-Noble 26 km · Bruay-la-Buissière 27 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
Roman Catholic 47%none 33%Muslim 4%Protestant 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 Arras (50.293°, 2.7819°, elevation 73 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).