Saint-Chamond weather in January

In January, Saint-Chamond sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 12.2 wet days and about 8.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Saint-Chamond's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint-Chamond's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
63 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
8:25 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover
69%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
1.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10
Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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 6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Saint-Chamond reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -0°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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How January really feels in Saint-Chamond

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.

Saint-Chamond weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°6312.24.48.90.3
Feb / -0°499.9410.11.0
Mar11° / 5511.31.811.62.9
Apr15° / 8612.51.113.24.1
May19° / 9813.50.114.75.4
Jun23° / 12°8912.4015.46.4
Jul25° / 14°8310.4015.16.9
Aug25° / 14°779.7013.97.1
Sep20° / 10°909.5012.36.4
Oct16° / 9511.50.310.74.6
Nov10° / 9412.31.99.32.0
Dec / 6411.53.18.60.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
33466
43466
53466
63466
73466
83466
93367
103367
113466
123466
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143466
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203367
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223367
233466
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283466
293466
303466
313664

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Saint-Chamond gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 12.2 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13912
23912
34012
44012
54012
64012
74012
83912
93912
103912
113912
123912
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283917
293817
303817
313817

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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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 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 8:28 AM to 8:13 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.68:285:02
28.68:285:03
38.68:285:04
48.68:285:05
58.68:285:06
68.78:285:07
78.78:285:08
88.78:275:09
98.78:275:10
108.78:275:11
118.88:275:12
128.88:265:13
138.88:265:14
148.88:265:15
158.98:255:17
168.98:255:18
178.98:245:19
188.98:245:20
199.08:235:22
209.08:225:23
219.08:225:24
229.18:215:25
239.18:205:27
249.18:195:28
259.28:195:29
269.28:185:31
279.38:175:32
289.38:165:33
299.38:155:35
309.48:145:36
319.48:135:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.35 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.1Dim
21.2Dim
31.2Dim
41.2Dim
51.2Dim
61.2Dim
71.2Dim
81.2Dim
91.2Dim
101.3Dim
111.3Dim
121.3Dim
131.3Dim
141.3Dim
151.3Dim
161.3Dim
171.4Dim
181.4Dim
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221.5Dim
231.5Dim
241.5Dim
251.5Dim
261.6Dim
271.6Dim
281.6Dim
291.7Dim
301.7Dim
311.7Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Saint-Chamond?

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

0.3
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 Saint-Chamond.

What to pack for Saint-Chamond in January

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

In January, Saint-Chamond sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Saint-Chamond 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 Saint-Chamond peaks around July 15 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 15UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Saint-Chamond?

Saint-Chamond sits at 45.5°N, 4.5°E, 372 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Saint-Étienne, 11 km away.

Topography around Saint-Chamond

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint-Chamond has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m around an average of 434 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,237 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,639 m.

The land around Saint-Chamond is covered by grassland (35%), trees (30%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
377 m
16 km
1,237 m
80 km
1,639 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Saint-Étienne 11 km · Firminy 20 km · Givors 24 km · Vienne 29 km · Annonay 29 km · Saint-Genis-Laval 33 km · Oullins 35 km · Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon 36 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 Saint-Chamond (45.4759°, 4.5129°, elevation 372 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).