Rodez weather in January

In January, Rodez sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 94 mm of precipitation across 12.7 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 22% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 42 min at the start of January to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Rodez's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rodez's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
94 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
8:29 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover
69%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
1.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
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 Rodez reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°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)
171
271
371
471
571
671
771
871
971
1071
1171
1271
1371
1471
1571
1671
1771
1871
1971
2071
2171
2271
2371
2471
2571
2671
2771
2871
2971
3071
3171

How January really feels in Rodez

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.

Rodez weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9412.73.390.8
Feb / 7710.93.110.21.3
Mar12° / 8512.2211.62.9
Apr14° / 11013.30.813.23.8
May18° / 10913.50.114.65.3
Jun22° / 12°8811.2015.36.5
Jul25° / 14°769.60157.2
Aug25° / 14°8310.4013.87.1
Sep21° / 11°959.7012.36.5
Oct16° / 9511.90.110.84.8
Nov11° / 10012.30.99.42.3
Dec / 9712.42.28.71.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43268
53169
63169
73169
83169
93169
103169
113169
123169
133169
143169
153070
163070
173169
183268
193268
203268
213268
223268
233367
243367
253367
263466
273565
283466
293565
303664
313664

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Rodez gets around 94 mm of rain and snow over 12.7 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 41% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1429
2429
3428
4428
5428
6428
7428
8418
9418
10418
11419
12419
13419
14419
154110
164110
174110
184111
194211
204211
214212
224112
234112
244113
254113
264013
274013
284013
294014
303914
313914

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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
1712light breeze
1812light breeze
1912light breeze
2012light breeze
2112light breeze
2212light breeze
2312light breeze
2412light breeze
2512light breeze
2612light breeze
2712light breeze
2812light breeze
2912light breeze
3012light breeze
3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 42 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 48 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:31 AM to 8:18 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 5:48 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.78:315:14
28.78:315:15
38.78:325:16
48.88:325:17
58.88:325:18
68.88:315:19
78.88:315:20
88.88:315:21
98.88:315:22
108.98:315:23
118.98:315:24
128.98:305:25
138.98:305:26
149.08:295:27
159.08:295:28
169.08:295:29
179.08:285:31
189.18:285:32
199.18:275:33
209.18:265:34
219.28:265:35
229.28:255:37
239.28:245:38
249.38:245:39
259.38:235:41
269.38:225:42
279.48:215:43
289.48:205:44
299.48:195:46
309.58:195:47
319.58:185:48

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.44 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.3Dim
31.3Dim
41.3Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
111.3Dim
121.4Dim
131.4Dim
141.4Dim
151.4Dim
161.4Dim
171.4Dim
181.5Dim
191.5Dim
201.5Dim
211.5Dim
221.6Dim
231.6Dim
241.6Dim
251.6Dim
261.7Dim
271.7Dim
281.7Dim
291.8Dim
301.8Dim
311.9Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Rodez?

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

0.8
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 Rodez.

What to pack for Rodez in January

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

In January, Rodez sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Rodez 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 Rodez peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rodez?

Rodez sits at 44.4°N, 2.6°E, 627 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Millau, 49 km away.

Topography around Rodez

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rodez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 570 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 644 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,720 m.

The land around Rodez is covered by trees (32%), grassland (31%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), trees (32%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
138 m
16 km
644 m
80 km
1,720 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Millau 49 km · Albi 58 km · Aurillac 65 km · Castres 87 km · Cahors 91 km · Montauban 104 km · Balma 119 km · Tulle 120 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 Rodez (44.3526°, 2.5734°, elevation 627 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).