Flers weather in January

In January, Flers sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 71 mm of precipitation across 11.9 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-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 12% 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 Flers's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Flers's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
71 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:57 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
out of 10

Flers is human settlement in France.

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 Flers reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°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)
173
273
373
473
573
673
773
873
973
1073
1173
1273
1373
1473
1573
1673
1773
1873
1973
2073
2172
2272
2372
2472
2572
2672
2772
2872
2972
3072
3172

How January really feels in Flers

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.

Flers weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7111.90.98.50.8
Feb / 5911.11.49.81.2
Mar11° / 57110.711.62.6
Apr14° / 5911.7013.43.7
May17° / 6612.20155.0
Jun20° / 11°589.8015.96.1
Jul22° / 13°519.5015.56.7
Aug22° / 13°5610.1014.26.6
Sep19° / 11°529.3012.46.0
Oct15° / 7112.2010.54.2
Nov10° / 6912.60.192.2
Dec / 8213.21.18.11.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22377
32476
42377
52377
62377
72377
82377
92377
102476
112476
122476
132476
142476
152476
162575
172476
182476
192476
202377
212377
222377
232377
242476
252377
262377
272377
282377
292377
302476
312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Flers gets around 71 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1402
2402
3402
4402
5392
6392
7392
8392
9392
10392
11392
12392
13392
14393
15403
16403
17403
18403
19403
20403
21393
22393
23383
24383
25384
26384
27374
28374
29374
30374
31375

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 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

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
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
1416light breeze
1516light breeze
1616light breeze
1715light breeze
1815light breeze
1915light breeze
2015light breeze
2115light breeze
2215light breeze
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2615light breeze
2715light breeze
2815light breeze
2915light breeze
3015light breeze
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 9:02 AM to 8:43 AM, and sunset from 5:09 PM to 5:48 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.19:025:09
28.19:025:10
38.29:025:11
48.29:025:12
58.29:025:13
68.29:015:14
78.29:015:15
88.39:015:16
98.39:015:17
108.39:005:18
118.39:005:20
128.48:595:21
138.48:595:22
148.48:585:23
158.48:585:25
168.58:575:26
178.58:565:27
188.58:565:29
198.68:555:30
208.68:545:32
218.78:535:33
228.78:535:34
238.78:525:36
248.88:515:37
258.88:505:39
268.98:495:40
278.98:485:42
288.98:475:43
299.08:455:45
309.08:445:47
319.18:435:48

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.97 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
20.8Dim
30.8Dim
40.8Dim
50.8Dim
60.8Dim
70.8Dim
80.9Dim
90.9Dim
100.9Dim
110.9Dim
120.9Dim
130.9Dim
140.9Dim
150.9Dim
161.0Dim
171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.2Dim
271.2Dim
281.2Dim
291.3Dim
301.3Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Flers?

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

0.8
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 Flers.

What to pack for Flers in January

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

In January, Flers sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Flers 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 Flers peaks around June 17 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 17UV 7Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Flers?

Flers sits at 48.7°N, 0.6°W, 206 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Argentan, 41 km away.

Topography around Flers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Flers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 210 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 460 m.

The land around Flers is covered by grassland (33%), trees (32%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (38%), trees (30%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
291 m
80 km
460 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Argentan 41 km · Mayenne 48 km · Caen 52 km · Hérouville-Saint-Clair 56 km · Saint-Lô 57 km · Alençon 60 km · Bayeux 61 km · Fougères 63 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 Flers (48.7372°, -0.5747°, elevation 206 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).