Boulogne-sur-Mer weather in January

In January, Boulogne-sur-Mer sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 88 mm of precipitation across 14.3 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Boulogne-sur-Mer's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boulogne-sur-Mer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
88 mm
14.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:57 AM – 5:09 PM
Cloud cover
72%
9th clearest
Wind
25 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.8 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 7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Boulogne-sur-Mer reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Boulogne-sur-Mer

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.

Boulogne-sur-Mer 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8814.30.98.20.9
Feb / 6411.60.99.71.0
Mar / 5310.80.511.51.9
Apr12° / 4810.1013.53.0
May14° / 10°5710.7015.24.2
Jun17° / 13°529.5016.25.5
Jul19° / 15°5510.2015.86.2
Aug20° / 15°7010.4014.36.2
Sep18° / 13°6911.2012.45.5
Oct15° / 11°10114.3010.43.9
Nov11° / 10715.90.18.72.2
Dec / 10614.70.77.81.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42773
52773
62773
72872
82872
92872
103070
113070
123070
133070
143169
153169
163169
173268
183169
193169
203169
213169
223169
233169
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262971
272971
282971
293070
303070
312872

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Boulogne-sur-Mer gets around 88 mm of rain and snow over 14.3 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 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1472
2472
3473
4473
5473
6473
7472
8472
9472
10472
11472
12462
13462
14462
15462
16452
17452
18452
19453
20453
21453
22453
23453
24453
25443
26443
27443
28433
29433
30424
31424

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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22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 25 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
125breezy
225breezy
325breezy
425breezy
525breezy
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925breezy
1025breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 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 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:02 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 4:51 PM to 5:33 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.89:024:51
27.89:024:52
37.89:024:53
47.99:024:54
57.99:024:55
67.99:024:56
77.99:014:57
88.09:014:58
98.09:015:00
108.09:005:01
118.09:005:02
128.18:595:03
138.18:595:05
148.18:585:06
158.28:575:08
168.28:575:09
178.28:565:10
188.38:555:12
198.38:545:13
208.48:535:15
218.48:535:16
228.48:525:18
238.58:515:19
248.58:505:21
258.68:485:23
268.68:475:24
278.78:465:26
288.78:455:28
298.88:445:29
308.88:425:31
318.98:415:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.89 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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190.9Dim
200.9Dim
211.0Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.2Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Boulogne-sur-Mer?

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

0.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

What to pack for Boulogne-sur-Mer in January

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

In January, Boulogne-sur-Mer sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Boulogne-sur-Mer in January

The nearest coast averages about 9°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 18°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov13Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Boulogne-sur-Mer 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 Boulogne-sur-Mer peaks around June 20 at about 6 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Boulogne-sur-Mer?

Boulogne-sur-Mer sits at 50.7°N, 1.6°E, 43 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Outreau, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Boulogne-sur-Mer

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boulogne-sur-Mer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m.

The land around Boulogne-sur-Mer is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), trees (23%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, water (42%) within 16 km, and water (45%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
187 m
16 km
274 m
80 km
290 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Outreau 3.0 km · Calais 30 km · Berck-Plage 36 km · Berck 36 km · Saint-Omer 46 km · Dover 49 km · Folkestone 51 km · Deal 57 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 Boulogne-sur-Mer (50.7249°, 1.6137°, elevation 43 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).