Sète weather in January

In January, Sète sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 8.7 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 Sète's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sète's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 82 mm; 8.7 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 06 min; 8:21 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 9th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sète reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Sète weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 6°	82	8.7	9.2	2.9
Feb	12° / 6°	50	6.2	10.2	3.3
Mar	14° / 8°	56	6.6	11.6	4.5
Apr	16° / 10°	70	8.2	13.2	5.4
May	19° / 14°	58	6.9	14.5	6.7
Jun	23° / 17°	30	4.5	15.2	8.0
Jul	26° / 20°	16	2.8	14.9	8.4
Aug	26° / 20°	31	4.7	13.8	8.0
Sep	23° / 17°	108	6.8	12.3	7.6
Oct	19° / 14°	141	11.7	10.8	5.9
Nov	15° / 10°	124	11.5	9.5	4.3
Dec	12° / 8°	78	9.2	8.8	3.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

	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 (%)	53	53	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	53	53	54	55	55	56	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	47	47	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sète gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 28% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25
Snow chance (%)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	17	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

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 8:24 AM to 8:11 AM, and sunset from 5:13 PM to 5:47 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	8.8	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	9.1	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)	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:23	8:23	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:12	8:11
Sunset (PM)	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.8	8:24	5:13
2	8.8	8:24	5:14
3	8.9	8:24	5:15
4	8.9	8:24	5:16
5	8.9	8:24	5:17
6	8.9	8:24	5:18
7	8.9	8:24	5:18
8	8.9	8:23	5:19
9	9.0	8:23	5:20
10	9.0	8:23	5:21
11	9.0	8:23	5:22
12	9.0	8:23	5:24
13	9.0	8:22	5:25
14	9.1	8:22	5:26
15	9.1	8:21	5:27
16	9.1	8:21	5:28
17	9.1	8:21	5:29
18	9.2	8:20	5:30
19	9.2	8:20	5:31
20	9.2	8:19	5:33
21	9.3	8:18	5:34
22	9.3	8:18	5:35
23	9.3	8:17	5:36
24	9.4	8:16	5:38
25	9.4	8:16	5:39
26	9.4	8:15	5:40
27	9.5	8:14	5:41
28	9.5	8:13	5:43
29	9.5	8:12	5:44
30	9.6	8:12	5:45
31	9.6	8:11	5:47

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.54 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.78 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)	1.6	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	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.6	Dim
2	1.6	Dim
3	1.6	Dim
4	1.6	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	1.7	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.7	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.9	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	2.0	Dim
25	2.0	Moderate
26	2.0	Moderate
27	2.1	Moderate
28	2.1	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sète

In seasonPeak

In January, Sète sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Sète's rainy season runs September–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Sète?

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

2.9

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 Sète.

What to pack for Sète in January

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

In January, Sète sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Sète in January

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 12°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 28 to Sep 17 — about 2.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	12	12	12	14	16	19	21	22	20	18	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	12	Bracing
Feb	12	Bracing
Mar	12	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	20	Refreshing
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Sète 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 Sète 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	3	4	6	7	8	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Sète?

Sète sits at 43.4°N, 3.7°E, 5 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Frontignan, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Sète

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sète has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 305 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,560 m.

The land around Sète is covered by water (58%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, water (59%) within 16 km, and trees (34%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

water 58%

16 km

305 m

water 59%

80 km

1,560 m

trees 34%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

January weather nearby: Frontignan 7.0 km · Agde 20 km · Lattes 25 km · Montpellier 27 km · Castelnau-le-Lez 31 km · Mauguio 35 km · Béziers 39 km · Lunel 47 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 Sète (43.4028°, 3.6928°, elevation 5 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	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	11	7
2	11	7
3	11	7
4	11	7
5	11	7
6	11	7
7	11	7
8	11	7
9	11	7
10	11	7
11	11	7
12	11	7
13	11	7
14	11	7
15	11	7
16	11	7
17	11	7
18	11	6
19	11	6
20	11	6
21	11	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	6
30	11	6
31	11	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	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	11	7
2	11	7
3	11	7
4	11	7
5	11	7
6	11	7
7	11	7
8	11	7
9	11	7
10	11	7
11	11	7
12	11	7
13	11	7
14	11	7
15	11	7
16	11	7
17	11	7
18	11	6
19	11	6
20	11	6
21	11	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	6
30	11	6
31	11	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	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