Libourne weather in January

In January, Libourne sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 71 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Libourne's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Libourne's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 71 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 8 h 54 min; 8:42 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 1.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Libourne reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	10	4
6	10	4
7	10	4
8	10	4
9	10	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	10	4
16	10	4
17	10	4
18	10	4
19	10	4
20	10	3
21	10	3
22	10	3
23	10	3
24	10	3
25	10	3
26	10	3
27	10	3
28	10	3
29	10	3
30	10	3
31	10	3

How January really feels in Libourne

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 1 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Libourne weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 4°	71	10.8	9	2.2
Feb	11° / 3°	50	9	10.1	2.9
Mar	15° / 6°	52	10.3	11.6	4.5
Apr	18° / 8°	70	11.5	13.2	5.4
May	21° / 11°	72	11.4	14.6	6.2
Jun	25° / 15°	62	9.4	15.3	6.9
Jul	27° / 16°	46	7.7	15.1	7.0
Aug	27° / 16°	53	7.7	13.9	7.0
Sep	24° / 13°	56	8.1	12.3	7.1
Oct	19° / 11°	66	10.4	10.7	6.0
Nov	14° / 6°	75	11.8	9.4	3.7
Dec	11° / 4°	72	11.2	8.7	2.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 68%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	30	31	30	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	31	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	36	37
Cloudier (%)	70	69	70	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	69	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	64	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	36	64
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Libourne gets around 71 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 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 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:45 AM to 8:30 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	8.6	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:45	8:45	8:45	8:45	8:45	8:45	8:45	8:44	8:44	8:44	8:44	8:43	8:43	8:43	8:42	8:42	8:41	8:41	8:40	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:30
Sunset (PM)	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.6	8:45	5:23
2	8.7	8:45	5:24
3	8.7	8:45	5:25
4	8.7	8:45	5:26
5	8.7	8:45	5:27
6	8.7	8:45	5:28
7	8.7	8:45	5:29
8	8.8	8:44	5:30
9	8.8	8:44	5:31
10	8.8	8:44	5:32
11	8.8	8:44	5:33
12	8.8	8:43	5:34
13	8.9	8:43	5:35
14	8.9	8:43	5:36
15	8.9	8:42	5:38
16	8.9	8:42	5:39
17	9.0	8:41	5:40
18	9.0	8:41	5:41
19	9.0	8:40	5:42
20	9.1	8:40	5:44
21	9.1	8:39	5:45
22	9.1	8:38	5:46
23	9.2	8:37	5:47
24	9.2	8:37	5:49
25	9.2	8:36	5:50
26	9.3	8:35	5:51
27	9.3	8:34	5:53
28	9.3	8:33	5:54
29	9.4	8:32	5:55
30	9.4	8:31	5:57
31	9.5	8:30	5:58

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.42 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.2	Dim
2	1.2	Dim
3	1.2	Dim
4	1.2	Dim
5	1.2	Dim
6	1.3	Dim
7	1.3	Dim
8	1.3	Dim
9	1.3	Dim
10	1.3	Dim
11	1.3	Dim
12	1.3	Dim
13	1.4	Dim
14	1.4	Dim
15	1.4	Dim
16	1.4	Dim
17	1.4	Dim
18	1.4	Dim
19	1.5	Dim
20	1.5	Dim
21	1.5	Dim
22	1.5	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.6	Dim
27	1.7	Dim
28	1.7	Dim
29	1.7	Dim
30	1.8	Dim
31	1.8	Dim

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Libourne?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Libourne.

What to pack for Libourne in January

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

In January, Libourne sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Libourne 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 Libourne peaks around July 18 at about 8 (very 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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	6	6	7	8	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Libourne?

Libourne sits at 44.9°N, 0.2°W, 12 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Lormont, 22 km away.

Topography around Libourne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Libourne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m.

The land around Libourne is covered by grassland (32%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (47%), grassland (27%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

78 m

grassland 32%

16 km

121 m

grassland 50%

80 km

254 m

trees 47%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← December Libourne year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Lormont 22 km · Cenon 24 km · Floirac 24 km · Bègles 27 km · Bordeaux 28 km · Le Bouscat 29 km · Villenave-d'Ornon 30 km · Talence 30 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

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 Libourne (44.9145°, -0.2419°, elevation 12 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	10	4
6	10	4
7	10	4
8	10	4
9	10	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	10	4
16	10	4
17	10	4
18	10	4
19	10	4
20	10	3
21	10	3
22	10	3
23	10	3
24	10	3
25	10	3
26	10	3
27	10	3
28	10	3
29	10	3
30	10	3
31	10	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	36	64
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.2	Dim
2	1.2	Dim
3	1.2	Dim
4	1.2	Dim
5	1.2	Dim
6	1.3	Dim
7	1.3	Dim
8	1.3	Dim
9	1.3	Dim
10	1.3	Dim
11	1.3	Dim
12	1.3	Dim
13	1.4	Dim
14	1.4	Dim
15	1.4	Dim
16	1.4	Dim
17	1.4	Dim
18	1.4	Dim
19	1.5	Dim
20	1.5	Dim
21	1.5	Dim
22	1.5	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.6	Dim
27	1.7	Dim
28	1.7	Dim
29	1.7	Dim
30	1.8	Dim
31	1.8	Dim

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	10	4
6	10	4
7	10	4
8	10	4
9	10	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	10	4
16	10	4
17	10	4
18	10	4
19	10	4
20	10	3
21	10	3
22	10	3
23	10	3
24	10	3
25	10	3
26	10	3
27	10	3
28	10	3
29	10	3
30	10	3
31	10	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	36	64
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.2	Dim
2	1.2	Dim
3	1.2	Dim
4	1.2	Dim
5	1.2	Dim
6	1.3	Dim
7	1.3	Dim
8	1.3	Dim
9	1.3	Dim
10	1.3	Dim
11	1.3	Dim
12	1.3	Dim
13	1.4	Dim
14	1.4	Dim
15	1.4	Dim
16	1.4	Dim
17	1.4	Dim
18	1.4	Dim
19	1.5	Dim
20	1.5	Dim
21	1.5	Dim
22	1.5	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.6	Dim
27	1.7	Dim
28	1.7	Dim
29	1.7	Dim
30	1.8	Dim
31	1.8	Dim

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	10	4
6	10	4
7	10	4
8	10	4
9	10	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	10	4
16	10	4
17	10	4
18	10	4
19	10	4
20	10	3
21	10	3
22	10	3
23	10	3
24	10	3
25	10	3
26	10	3
27	10	3
28	10	3
29	10	3
30	10	3
31	10	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	36	64
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.2	Dim
2	1.2	Dim
3	1.2	Dim
4	1.2	Dim
5	1.2	Dim
6	1.3	Dim
7	1.3	Dim
8	1.3	Dim
9	1.3	Dim
10	1.3	Dim
11	1.3	Dim
12	1.3	Dim
13	1.4	Dim
14	1.4	Dim
15	1.4	Dim
16	1.4	Dim
17	1.4	Dim
18	1.4	Dim
19	1.5	Dim
20	1.5	Dim
21	1.5	Dim
22	1.5	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.6	Dim
27	1.7	Dim
28	1.7	Dim
29	1.7	Dim
30	1.8	Dim
31	1.8	Dim