Guérande weather in January

In January, Guérande sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 12.1 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-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 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Guérande's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guérande's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
8:59 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.8
out of 10

Guérande 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 9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Guérande reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 12°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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Guérande 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 daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7512.18.71.8
Feb / 569.89.91.9
Mar11° / 501011.62.7
Apr13° / 501013.33.7
May16° / 12°499.114.85.1
Jun19° / 15°387.815.76.3
Jul20° / 17°397.215.36.9
Aug21° / 17°437.614.16.9
Sep19° / 15°517.812.46.4
Oct16° / 13°8011.910.64.7
Nov13° / 10°8212.89.13.1
Dec10° / 85138.32.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32971
42971
52971
62872
72872
82872
92872
102872
112872
122971
133070
143070
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253070
263070
273169
283169
293169
303268
313367

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Guérande gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 12.1 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 44% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
144
244
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443
543
643
743
843
943
1042
1142
1242
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1541
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2038
2138
2237
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3134

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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Wind in January

Winds average 23 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
123breezy
223breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:03 AM to 8:46 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 6:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.39:035:23
28.39:035:24
38.49:035:24
48.49:035:25
58.49:035:26
68.49:035:27
78.49:035:28
88.59:025:29
98.59:025:31
108.59:025:32
118.59:015:33
128.59:015:34
138.69:015:35
148.69:005:36
158.69:005:38
168.78:595:39
178.78:585:40
188.78:585:42
198.88:575:43
208.88:565:44
218.88:565:46
228.98:555:47
238.98:545:48
248.98:535:50
259.08:525:51
269.08:515:53
279.18:505:54
289.18:495:56
299.18:485:57
309.28:475:58
319.28:466:00

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.18 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.0Dim
31.0Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.2Dim
161.2Dim
171.2Dim
181.2Dim
191.2Dim
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241.4Dim
251.4Dim
261.4Dim
271.4Dim
281.5Dim
291.5Dim
301.5Dim
311.6Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Guérande?

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

1.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guérande.

What to pack for Guérande in January

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

In January, Guérande sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Guérande in January

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

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

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar10Bracing
Apr12Bracing
May14Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Guérande 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 Guérande peaks around August 10 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Guérande?

Guérande sits at 47.3°N, 2.4°W, 55 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is La Baule-Escoublac, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Guérande

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guérande has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m.

The land around Guérande is covered by grassland (29%), trees (28%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, water (48%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
75 m
80 km
328 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: La Baule-Escoublac 6.0 km · Saint-Nazaire 17 km · Vannes 44 km · Couëron 55 km · Saint-Herblain 60 km · Orvault 61 km · Bouguenais 63 km · La Chapelle-sur-Erdre 66 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 Guérande (47.3283°, -2.4293°, elevation 55 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).