Laon weather in January

In January, Laon sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 12 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°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 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Laon's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laon's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
63 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:44 AM – 5:06 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.5
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Laon reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°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)
162
262
362
462
562
662
762
862
962
1062
1162
1262
1362
1462
1562
1662
1762
1862
1962
2061
2161
2261
2361
2461
2561
2661
2761
2861
2961
3061
3161

How January really feels in Laon

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.

Laon weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 63120.98.40.5
Feb / 5610.81.49.80.9
Mar11° / 5711.30.711.52.7
Apr15° / 5510.9013.44.3
May18° / 6711.8015.15.5
Jun22° / 12°6010.90166.3
Jul24° / 14°5710015.66.8
Aug24° / 14°6510.5014.26.8
Sep20° / 11°519012.46.3
Oct15° / 6311.2010.54.4
Nov10° / 6511.90.58.92.0
Dec / 8013.31.580.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52278
62278
72278
82278
92377
102377
112377
122377
132476
142476
152476
162476
172476
182476
192476
202476
212575
222575
232575
242575
252575
262575
272575
282575
292575
302575
312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Laon gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 12 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 41% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1414
2414
3413
4413
5413
6413
7412
8402
9402
10402
11402
12402
13402
14402
15402
16392
17393
18393
19393
20383
21383
22383
23384
24374
25374
26374
27364
28365
29365
30365
31365

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 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
1315light breeze
1415light breeze
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1615light breeze
1715light breeze
1815light breeze
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2015light breeze
2115light breeze
2215light breeze
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2515light breeze
2615light breeze
2715light breeze
2815light breeze
2915light breeze
3015light breeze
3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:49 AM to 8:29 AM, and sunset from 4:49 PM to 5:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:494:49
28.08:494:49
38.08:494:50
48.08:494:51
58.18:484:52
68.18:484:53
78.18:484:55
88.18:484:56
98.28:474:57
108.28:474:58
118.28:474:59
128.28:465:01
138.38:465:02
148.38:455:03
158.38:445:04
168.48:445:06
178.48:435:07
188.48:425:09
198.58:415:10
208.58:415:12
218.68:405:13
228.68:395:14
238.68:385:16
248.78:375:18
258.78:365:19
268.88:355:21
278.88:345:22
288.98:335:24
298.98:315:25
308.98:305:27
319.08:295:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.72 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
20.7Dim
30.7Dim
40.7Dim
50.7Dim
60.8Dim
70.8Dim
80.8Dim
90.8Dim
100.8Dim
110.8Dim
120.8Dim
130.8Dim
140.9Dim
150.9Dim
160.9Dim
170.9Dim
180.9Dim
190.9Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.2Dim
301.2Dim
311.2Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Laon?

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

0.5
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 Laon.

What to pack for Laon in January

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

In January, Laon sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°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 Laon 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 Laon peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Laon?

Laon sits at 49.6°N, 3.6°E, 180 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Tergnier, 26 km away.

Topography around Laon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m.

The land around Laon is covered by cropland (35%), trees (32%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
130 m
16 km
177 m
80 km
373 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Tergnier 26 km · Soissons 30 km · Saint-Quentin 40 km · Reims 44 km · Noyon 45 km · Château-Thierry 60 km · Compiègne 60 km · Épernay 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 Laon (49.5631°, 3.6271°, elevation 180 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).