Cahors weather in January

In January, Cahors sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Cahors's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cahors's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
8:33 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover
69%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Cahors reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
193
293
393
493
593
693
793
893
993
1093
1193
1293
1393
1492
1592
1692
1792
1892
1992
2092
2192
2292
2392
2492
2592
2692
2792
2892
2992
3092
3192

How January really feels in Cahors

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.

Cahors weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6811.4191.7
Feb10° / 549.30.710.12.4
Mar14° / 6210.60.211.64.2
Apr17° / 8712.1013.25.2
May21° / 11°8812.1014.66.0
Jun24° / 14°739.5015.36.9
Jul27° / 16°558.30156.9
Aug27° / 16°748.6013.96.9
Sep23° / 13°698.2012.37.1
Oct19° / 10°7610.9010.75.8
Nov13° / 8011.90.19.43.3
Dec10° / 7411.40.38.72.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43268
53169
63268
73268
83268
93169
103169
113169
123169
133169
143169
153169
163169
173268
183367
193367
203367
213466
223367
233367
243466
253466
263466
273664
283565
293664
303664
313763

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Cahors gets around 68 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1372
2372
3382
4382
5372
6372
7372
8372
9362
10362
11362
12362
13362
14363
15363
16363
17363
18363
19363
20364
21364
22364
23364
24364
25364
26364
27354
28354
29354
30344
31344

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 11 km/h in January.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1611calm
1711calm
1811calm
1911calm
2011calm
2111calm
2211calm
2311calm
2411calm
2511calm
2611calm
2711calm
2811calm
2911calm
3011calm
3111calm

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 8:36 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:53 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.78:365:19
28.78:365:19
38.78:365:20
48.78:365:21
58.88:365:22
68.88:365:23
78.88:365:24
88.88:365:25
98.88:365:26
108.98:365:27
118.98:355:28
128.98:355:29
138.98:355:30
148.98:345:31
159.08:345:32
169.08:335:34
179.08:335:35
189.18:325:36
199.18:325:37
209.18:315:38
219.18:315:40
229.28:305:41
239.28:295:42
249.28:295:43
259.38:285:45
269.38:275:46
279.48:265:47
289.48:255:49
299.48:245:50
309.58:235:51
319.58:225:53

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.43 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.2Dim
31.3Dim
41.3Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
111.3Dim
121.4Dim
131.4Dim
141.4Dim
151.4Dim
161.4Dim
171.4Dim
181.4Dim
191.5Dim
201.5Dim
211.5Dim
221.6Dim
231.6Dim
241.6Dim
251.6Dim
261.7Dim
271.7Dim
281.7Dim
291.8Dim
301.8Dim
311.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Cahors?

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

1.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cahors.

What to pack for Cahors in January

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

In January, Cahors sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Cahors 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 Cahors peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep5High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Cahors?

Cahors sits at 44.4°N, 1.4°E, 142 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Montauban, 48 km away.

Topography around Cahors

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cahors has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 775 m.

The land around Cahors is covered by trees (63%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (46%), grassland (30%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
193 m
16 km
324 m
80 km
775 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Montauban 48 km · Villeneuve-sur-Lot 58 km · Agen 70 km · Brive-la-Gaillarde 79 km · Albi 81 km · Bergerac 88 km · Blagnac 90 km · Rodez 91 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 Cahors (44.4491°, 1.4366°, elevation 142 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).