Pau weather in January

In January, Pau sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 112 mm of precipitation across 13.8 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 25% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pau's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pau's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 112 mm; 13.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 06 min; 8:37 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.0; out of 10

Pau is city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Air quality: Good; PM10 17.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 2,624/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Pau reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°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	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Pau weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 2°	112	13.8	2.4	9.2	2.0
Feb	11° / 3°	97	12.3	3.2	10.2	2.4
Mar	14° / 5°	107	13.7	1.6	11.6	3.7
Apr	16° / 7°	145	16.4	0.4	13.2	4.1
May	19° / 10°	159	16.3	0.1	14.5	5.1
Jun	22° / 13°	128	14	0	15.1	6.0
Jul	24° / 15°	105	12.1	0	14.9	6.7
Aug	25° / 15°	104	12.5	0	13.8	6.7
Sep	22° / 12°	98	11.9	0	12.3	6.3
Oct	18° / 9°	123	13.7	0.1	10.8	5.4
Nov	13° / 5°	138	14.2	0.6	9.5	3.3
Dec	10° / 3°	108	13.3	1.1	8.8	2.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

	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 (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	37	38	38	38	39
Cloudier (%)	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	63	62	62	62	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Pau gets around 112 mm of rain and snow over 13.8 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 44% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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 (%)	42	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45
Snow chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	5
2	43	5
3	43	5
4	43	5
5	43	5
6	43	6
7	42	6
8	42	6
9	42	6
10	42	7
11	42	7
12	42	7
13	42	7
14	42	7
15	43	7
16	43	8
17	43	8
18	44	8
19	44	8
20	45	8
21	45	9
22	46	9
23	46	9
24	46	10
25	46	10
26	46	11
27	46	11
28	46	12
29	46	12
30	45	12
31	45	13

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 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 48 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:39 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 6:03 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)	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	8:39	8:39	8:40	8:40	8:40	8:40	8:39	8:39	8:39	8:39	8:39	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:27	8:27
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.8	8:39	5:30
2	8.9	8:39	5:31
3	8.9	8:40	5:31
4	8.9	8:40	5:32
5	8.9	8:40	5:33
6	8.9	8:40	5:34
7	8.9	8:39	5:35
8	8.9	8:39	5:36
9	9.0	8:39	5:37
10	9.0	8:39	5:38
11	9.0	8:39	5:39
12	9.0	8:38	5:40
13	9.0	8:38	5:41
14	9.1	8:38	5:42
15	9.1	8:37	5:43
16	9.1	8:37	5:44
17	9.2	8:37	5:46
18	9.2	8:36	5:47
19	9.2	8:36	5:48
20	9.2	8:35	5:49
21	9.3	8:34	5:50
22	9.3	8:34	5:52
23	9.3	8:33	5:53
24	9.4	8:32	5:54
25	9.4	8:32	5:55
26	9.4	8:31	5:57
27	9.5	8:30	5:58
28	9.5	8:29	5:59
29	9.5	8:28	6:00
30	9.6	8:27	6:02
31	9.6	8:27	6:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.67 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)	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0
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	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.5	Dim
2	1.5	Dim
3	1.5	Dim
4	1.5	Dim
5	1.6	Dim
6	1.6	Dim
7	1.6	Dim
8	1.6	Dim
9	1.6	Dim
10	1.6	Dim
11	1.6	Dim
12	1.6	Dim
13	1.6	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.7	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.8	Dim
25	1.8	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Pau?

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

2.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pau.

What to pack for Pau in January

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

In January, Pau sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Pau in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pau peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (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)	2	2	5	6	7	8	9	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Pau in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Pau is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	14	15	14	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	12	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Pau?

Pau sits at 43.3°N, 0.4°W, 219 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Lourdes, 35 km away.

Topography around Pau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 210 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 342 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,323 m.

The land around Pau is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, trees (41%), cropland (30%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), grassland (30%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

73 m

artificial surfaces 47%

16 km

342 m

trees 41%

80 km

3,323 m

trees 45%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Lourdes 35 km · Tarbes 36 km · Mont-de-Marsan 65 km · Dax 72 km · Auch 85 km · Bayonne 92 km · Anglet 96 km · Biarritz 99 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 Pau (43.3112°, -0.3558°, elevation 219 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	3
2	10	3
3	10	3
4	10	3
5	10	3
6	10	3
7	10	3
8	10	3
9	10	3
10	10	3
11	10	3
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	9	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	2
30	10	2
31	10	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	5
2	43	5
3	43	5
4	43	5
5	43	5
6	43	6
7	42	6
8	42	6
9	42	6
10	42	7
11	42	7
12	42	7
13	42	7
14	42	7
15	43	7
16	43	8
17	43	8
18	44	8
19	44	8
20	45	8
21	45	9
22	46	9
23	46	9
24	46	10
25	46	10
26	46	11
27	46	11
28	46	12
29	46	12
30	45	12
31	45	13

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	5
2	43	5
3	43	5
4	43	5
5	43	5
6	43	6
7	42	6
8	42	6
9	42	6
10	42	7
11	42	7
12	42	7
13	42	7
14	42	7
15	43	7
16	43	8
17	43	8
18	44	8
19	44	8
20	45	8
21	45	9
22	46	9
23	46	9
24	46	10
25	46	10
26	46	11
27	46	11
28	46	12
29	46	12
30	45	12
31	45	13

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	5
2	43	5
3	43	5
4	43	5
5	43	5
6	43	6
7	42	6
8	42	6
9	42	6
10	42	7
11	42	7
12	42	7
13	42	7
14	42	7
15	43	7
16	43	8
17	43	8
18	44	8
19	44	8
20	45	8
21	45	9
22	46	9
23	46	9
24	46	10
25	46	10
26	46	11
27	46	11
28	46	12
29	46	12
30	45	12
31	45	13

	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