Bar-le-Duc weather in January

In January, Bar-le-Duc sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 94 mm of precipitation across 13.3 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°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 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bar-le-Duc's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bar-le-Duc's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
94 mm
13.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:34 AM – 5:03 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Excellent
PM10 14.5 µg/m³ · 2019

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 5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bar-le-Duc reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 10°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)
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251
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551
651
751
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How January really feels in Bar-le-Duc

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.

Bar-le-Duc weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9413.32.28.50.0
Feb / 76122.89.80.5
Mar11° / 7712.31.411.62.4
Apr14° / 6511.70.113.44.1
May18° / 7812.80155.4
Jun22° / 12°6410.9015.96.3
Jul24° / 14°6710.9015.56.8
Aug24° / 14°6810.8014.26.8
Sep20° / 11°7210.1012.46.0
Oct15° / 8012.2010.54.0
Nov / 8713.4191.5
Dec / 11015.13.18.10.2

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 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
22080
32080
42179
52179
62179
72179
82179
92278
102278
112278
122377
132377
142377
152476
162476
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202476
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292377
302476
312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bar-le-Duc gets around 94 mm of rain and snow over 13.3 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 43% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14910
24910
3489
4488
5488
6477
7477
8466
9466
10456
11446
12446
13436
14436
15426
16426
17426
18416
19417
20417
21407
22408
23408
24408
25409
26409
27409
284010
294010
304010
314010

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
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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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 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 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:39 AM to 8:20 AM, and sunset from 4:46 PM to 5:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:394:46
28.18:394:47
38.18:394:48
48.28:394:49
58.28:394:50
68.28:394:51
78.28:384:52
88.38:384:53
98.38:384:54
108.38:374:55
118.38:374:57
128.48:374:58
138.48:364:59
148.48:365:00
158.48:355:02
168.58:345:03
178.58:345:04
188.58:335:06
198.68:325:07
208.68:315:08
218.78:315:10
228.78:305:11
238.78:295:13
248.88:285:14
258.88:275:16
268.98:265:17
278.98:255:19
288.98:245:20
299.08:235:22
309.08:215:24
319.18:205:25

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.74 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
291.2Dim
301.3Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bar-le-Duc?

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

0.0
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 Bar-le-Duc.

What to pack for Bar-le-Duc in January

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

In January, Bar-le-Duc sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Bar-le-Duc 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 Bar-le-Duc peaks around July 17 at about 7 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bar-le-Duc?

Bar-le-Duc sits at 48.8°N, 5.2°E, 185 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Saint-Dizier, 22 km away.

Topography around Bar-le-Duc

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bar-le-Duc.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bar-le-Duc has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m around an average of 247 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 461 m.

The land around Bar-le-Duc is covered by trees (57%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
158 m
16 km
267 m
80 km
461 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Saint-Dizier 22 km · Vitry-le-François 43 km · Verdun 46 km · Toul 55 km · Châlons-en-Champagne 61 km · Pont-à-Mousson 67 km · Laxou 73 km · Chaumont 74 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 Bar-le-Duc (48.7728°, 5.1611°, elevation 185 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).