Thionville weather in January

In January, Thionville sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 12.1 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Thionville's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Thionville's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
67 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:33 AM – 4:57 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
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 5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Thionville reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Thionville

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.

Thionville weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6712.12.28.40.0
Feb / 5610.72.39.80.4
Mar10° / 5811.1111.52.4
Apr15° / 5010.20.113.44.3
May19° / 6512.2015.15.6
Jun22° / 12°5910.30166.5
Jul24° / 14°5610.5015.66.8
Aug24° / 14°5910.3014.26.8
Sep20° / 11°629.2012.46.2
Oct14° / 6711.3010.54.0
Nov / 6912.60.78.91.4
Dec / 8413.92.680.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Thionville gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 12.1 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 45% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1458
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9436
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31369

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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Wind in January

Winds average 15 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:38 AM to 8:18 AM, and sunset from 4:39 PM to 5:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:384:39
28.08:384:40
38.18:384:41
48.18:384:42
58.18:374:43
68.18:374:44
78.18:374:45
88.28:374:47
98.28:364:48
108.28:364:49
118.28:364:50
128.38:354:51
138.38:354:53
148.38:344:54
158.48:334:55
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178.48:324:58
188.58:314:59
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208.58:305:02
218.68:295:04
228.68:285:05
238.78:275:07
248.78:265:08
258.78:255:10
268.88:245:11
278.88:235:13
288.98:225:14
298.98:215:16
309.08:195:18
319.08:185:19

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Thionville?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Thionville.

What to pack for Thionville in January

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

In January, Thionville sees daytime highs around 5°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 Thionville 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 Thionville peaks around July 17 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
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Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Thionville?

Thionville sits at 49.4°N, 6.2°E, 155 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Yutz, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Thionville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Thionville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 173 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 709 m.

The land around Thionville is covered by trees (40%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (44%), cropland (29%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
183 m
16 km
315 m
80 km
709 m
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January weather nearby: Yutz 2.0 km · Hayange 8.0 km · Dudelange 14 km · Esch-sur-Alzette 20 km · Metz 27 km · Luxembourg 28 km · Montigny-lès-Metz 29 km · Merzig 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 Thionville (49.3599°, 6.1604°, elevation 155 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).