Mayenne weather in January

In January, Mayenne sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 76 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 Mayenne's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mayenne's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
76 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:56 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

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 Mayenne reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°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)
173
273
373
473
573
673
773
873
973
1073
1173
1283
1383
1483
1573
1673
1773
1873
1973
2073
2173
2272
2372
2472
2572
2672
2772
2872
2972
3072
3172

How January really feels in Mayenne

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.

Mayenne weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7611.40.78.61.0
Feb / 5910.50.89.91.4
Mar12° / 5910.60.411.62.9
Apr14° / 6011.2013.44.1
May18° / 6811.60155.4
Jun21° / 12°579.3015.86.3
Jul23° / 14°518.8015.57.0
Aug23° / 14°539014.17.0
Sep20° / 11°548.4012.46.3
Oct16° / 7411.7010.64.5
Nov11° / 7111.40.192.4
Dec / 82120.78.21.2

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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42278
52278
62278
72278
82377
92377
102278
112278
122278
132377
142377
152377
162476
172476
182476
192476
202476
212575
222476
232476
242476
252476
262575
272674
282674
292674
302773
312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Mayenne gets around 76 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1402
2402
3402
4402
5402
6402
7402
8402
9402
10402
11392
12392
13392
14382
15382
16372
17372
18362
19362
20352
21352
22343
23343
24333
25333
26333
27333
28333
29333
30333
31344

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
2314light breeze
2414light breeze
2514light breeze
2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light 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 9:00 AM to 8:42 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.29:005:11
28.29:005:12
38.29:005:13
48.29:005:14
58.39:005:15
68.39:005:16
78.38:595:17
88.38:595:18
98.38:595:19
108.48:595:20
118.48:585:22
128.48:585:23
138.48:575:24
148.58:575:25
158.58:565:27
168.58:565:28
178.68:555:29
188.68:545:31
198.68:545:32
208.78:535:33
218.78:525:35
228.88:515:36
238.88:505:38
248.88:495:39
258.98:485:41
268.98:475:42
279.08:465:44
289.08:455:45
299.08:445:47
309.18:435:48
319.18:425:50

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.85 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
20.8Dim
30.8Dim
40.8Dim
50.9Dim
60.9Dim
70.9Dim
80.9Dim
90.9Dim
100.9Dim
110.9Dim
120.9Dim
131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.0Dim
161.0Dim
171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.1Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.2Dim
251.2Dim
261.2Dim
271.2Dim
281.3Dim
291.3Dim
301.3Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mayenne?

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

1.0
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 Mayenne.

What to pack for Mayenne in January

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

In January, Mayenne sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°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 Mayenne 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 Mayenne peaks around June 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Mayenne?

Mayenne sits at 48.3°N, 0.6°W, 100 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Laval, 28 km away.

Topography around Mayenne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mayenne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 439 m.

The land around Mayenne is covered by grassland (32%), cropland (27%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (35%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%), grassland (35%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
274 m
80 km
439 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Laval 28 km · Fougères 44 km · Flers 48 km · Vitré 49 km · Alençon 54 km · Argentan 66 km · Le Mans 69 km · Cesson-Sévigné 76 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 Mayenne (48.3034°, -0.6138°, elevation 100 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).