Lanester weather in January

In January, Lanester sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 96 mm of precipitation across 13 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 15% 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 Lanester's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lanester's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
96 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
9:04 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover
73%
12th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.8
out of 10

Lanester 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 Lanester 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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Lanester 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 / 96138.71.8
Feb / 71119.91.8
Mar11° / 5710.711.62.6
Apr13° / 6010.513.43.5
May16° / 11°5410.114.94.8
Jun18° / 13°43815.76.1
Jul20° / 15°397.815.46.7
Aug20° / 15°468.114.16.7
Sep19° / 14°567.712.46.3
Oct16° / 12°9812.710.64.5
Nov12° / 9713.69.13.0
Dec10° / 10613.38.32.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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
32872
42773
52773
62773
72773
82872
92773
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112773
122872
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313466

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Lanester gets around 96 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 42% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)
145
245
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545
645
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845
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1045
1145
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3037
3138

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 23 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
224breezy
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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 9:09 AM to 8:51 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.39:095:24
28.39:095:25
38.39:095:26
48.39:095:27
58.39:085:28
68.39:085:29
78.49:085:30
88.49:085:31
98.49:085:32
108.49:075:34
118.59:075:35
128.59:065:36
138.59:065:37
148.59:055:38
158.69:055:40
168.69:045:41
178.69:045:42
188.79:035:44
198.79:025:45
208.79:025:46
218.89:015:48
228.89:005:49
238.98:595:50
248.98:585:52
258.98:575:53
269.08:565:55
279.08:555:56
289.18:545:58
299.18:535:59
309.18:526:01
319.28:516:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.11 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
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40.9Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
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211.2Dim
221.2Dim
231.3Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.3Dim
271.4Dim
281.4Dim
291.4Dim
301.4Dim
311.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Lanester?

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

1.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lanester.

What to pack for Lanester in January

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

In January, Lanester sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Lanester in January

The nearest coast averages about 11°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 10°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
Jan11Bracing
Feb10Bracing
Mar10Bracing
Apr12Bracing
May14Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec12Bracing

UV index in Lanester 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 Lanester 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
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lanester?

Lanester sits at 47.8°N, 3.3°W, 22 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Lorient, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Lanester

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lanester has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m.

The land around Lanester is covered by artificial surfaces (32%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (34%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and water (36%), trees (25%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
373 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Lorient 3.0 km · Ploemeur 7.0 km · Pontivy 44 km · Vannes 45 km · Concarneau 45 km · Quimper 62 km · Douarnenez 82 km · Guérande 84 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 Lanester (47.7632°, -3.3393°, elevation 22 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).