Saumur weather in January

In January, Saumur sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 60 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Saumur's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saumur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
60 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
8:49 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover
75%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.4
out of 10

Saumur is commune in Maine-et-Loire, France.

Density
502/km²
people per km²

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 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Saumur reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 13°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)
183
283
383
483
583
683
783
893
993
1093
1193
1293
1393
1493
1593
1693
1793
1893
1983
2083
2183
2283
2383
2483
2583
2683
2783
2883
2982
3082
3182

How January really feels in Saumur

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.

Saumur weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6010.90.78.71.4
Feb10° / 51100.89.92.0
Mar13° / 5010.30.211.63.6
Apr16° / 5510.7013.34.8
May20° / 10°6511014.85.9
Jun23° / 13°488.6015.66.8
Jul26° / 15°437.5015.37.1
Aug26° / 15°457.40147.2
Sep22° / 12°477.5012.46.9
Oct17° / 6811.4010.65.2
Nov12° / 6511.709.12.9
Dec / 6911.70.38.31.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 76%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32575
42575
52575
62575
72575
82575
92575
102575
112674
122674
132575
142674
152674
162575
172476
182575
192575
202476
212575
222476
232377
242377
252377
262476
272377
282377
292476
302476
312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Saumur gets around 60 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 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 35% and peaks near 41% 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 (%)
1412
2402
3402
4402
5402
6392
7392
8382
9382
10372
11362
12362
13352
14352
15342
16342
17332
18332
19332
20322
21322
22322
23322
24322
25322
26323
27323
28323
29333
30333
31333

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 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light 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 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 12 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 8:53 AM to 8:36 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 5:51 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:535:14
28.38:535:14
38.48:535:15
48.48:535:16
58.48:535:17
68.48:535:18
78.48:535:19
88.58:535:20
98.58:525:21
108.58:525:23
118.58:525:24
128.68:515:25
138.68:515:26
148.68:515:27
158.68:505:28
168.78:495:30
178.78:495:31
188.78:485:32
198.88:485:34
208.88:475:35
218.88:465:36
228.98:455:38
238.98:445:39
249.08:445:41
259.08:435:42
269.08:425:43
279.18:415:45
289.18:405:46
299.28:395:48
309.28:385:49
319.28:365:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.93 kWh/m² to a high of 5.78 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.11 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
40.9Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
201.2Dim
211.2Dim
221.2Dim
231.2Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.3Dim
271.3Dim
281.4Dim
291.4Dim
301.4Dim
311.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Saumur?

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

1.4
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 Saumur.

What to pack for Saumur in January

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

In January, Saumur sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Saumur 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 Saumur peaks around July 24 at about 7 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 24UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Saumur?

Saumur sits at 47.3°N, 0.1°W, 34 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Angers, 43 km away.

Topography around Saumur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saumur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 41 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m.

The land around Saumur is covered by trees (31%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (38%), trees (34%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%), trees (25%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
112 m
80 km
284 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Angers 43 km · La Flèche 49 km · Bressuire 56 km · Joué-lès-Tours 57 km · Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 58 km · Tours 61 km · Saint-Avertin 63 km · Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 64 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 Saumur (47.2593°, -0.0781°, elevation 34 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).