Lucé weather in January

In January, Lucé sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 50 mm of precipitation across 10.7 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 12 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lucé's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lucé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
50 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:48 AM – 5:19 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.3 µg/m³ · 2018

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 Lucé reaches about 7°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 12°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)
172
272
372
472
572
672
772
872
972
1072
1172
1272
1372
1472
1572
1672
1772
1872
1972
2072
2172
2272
2372
2472
2562
2661
2761
2861
2971
3071
3171

How January really feels in Lucé

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.

Lucé weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5010.718.60.7
Feb / 449.61.39.91.2
Mar11° / 4810.20.511.62.9
Apr15° / 4810.5013.44.2
May18° / 63110155.5
Jun21° / 12°529.9015.86.4
Jul24° / 14°518.6015.57.1
Aug24° / 14°528.7014.17.1
Sep20° / 11°468012.46.5
Oct16° / 6010.6010.64.6
Nov10° / 5611.40.392.2
Dec / 6111.80.98.20.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42179
52179
62080
72080
82179
92179
102179
112080
122179
132278
142278
152278
162377
172377
182377
192377
202377
212377
222377
232377
242377
252377
262377
272377
282377
292377
302377
312575

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Lucé gets around 50 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 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 34% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1394
2383
3383
4383
5373
6373
7373
8363
9363
10353
11353
12353
13343
14343
15343
16343
17333
18333
19333
20333
21333
22333
23334
24324
25324
26324
27324
28324
29324
30324
31334

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
1417light breeze
1516light breeze
1616light breeze
1716light breeze
1816light breeze
1916light breeze
2016light breeze
2116light breeze
2216light breeze
2316light breeze
2416light breeze
2516light breeze
2616light breeze
2716light breeze
2816light breeze
2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 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 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:52 AM to 8:34 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:41 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:525:02
28.28:525:03
38.28:525:04
48.28:525:05
58.28:525:06
68.38:525:07
78.38:525:08
88.38:515:09
98.38:515:10
108.38:515:12
118.48:505:13
128.48:505:14
138.48:495:15
148.58:495:16
158.58:485:18
168.58:485:19
178.68:475:20
188.68:465:22
198.68:465:23
208.78:455:25
218.78:445:26
228.78:435:27
238.88:425:29
248.88:425:30
258.98:415:32
268.98:405:33
278.98:395:35
289.08:375:36
299.08:365:38
309.18:355:39
319.18:345:41

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.99 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
60.9Dim
70.9Dim
80.9Dim
90.9Dim
100.9Dim
110.9Dim
120.9Dim
130.9Dim
141.0Dim
151.0Dim
161.0Dim
171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.1Dim
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 Lucé?

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

0.7
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 Lucé.

What to pack for Lucé in January

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

In January, Lucé sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Lucé 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 Lucé 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
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lucé?

Lucé sits at 48.4°N, 1.5°E, 159 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Chartres, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Lucé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lucé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 152 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m.

The land around Lucé is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (79%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
160 m
80 km
340 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Chartres 2.0 km · Dreux 34 km · Rambouillet 35 km · Châteaudun 42 km · Maurepas 50 km · Étampes 52 km · Élancourt 53 km · Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 55 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 Lucé (48.4369°, 1.4636°, elevation 159 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).