Toulon weather in January

In January, Toulon sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 7.4 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 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Toulon's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Toulon's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
9 h 06 min
8:11 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover
50%
9th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Toulon is capital city of Var department, Southern France.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 12.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
3,938/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 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Toulon reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2129
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Toulon 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 627.49.23.4
Feb12° / 496.310.23.6
Mar14° / 10°435.511.64.7
Apr16° / 12°587.313.15.5
May19° / 15°425.414.47.0
Jun23° / 18°243.515.18.4
Jul26° / 21°81.414.98.8
Aug26° / 21°111.813.88.5
Sep23° / 19°605.712.38.0
Oct19° / 16°918.110.86.6
Nov15° / 12°10410.49.54.8
Dec13° / 717.98.93.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% 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 43%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15644
25644
35644
45644
55644
65644
75644
85644
95644
105644
115644
125644
135545
145545
155644
165644
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195842
205842
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225743
235743
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255743
265842
275842
285842
295842
305941
315941

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Toulon gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 7.4 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 24% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
124
224
323
423
523
623
722
822
922
1022
1122
1223
1323
1423
1523
1623
1724
1824
1924
2024
2125
2225
2325
2425
2525
2625
2725
2825
2925
3025
3125

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
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5100
6100
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8100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 20 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120light breeze
220light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
819light breeze
919light breeze
1019light breeze
1119light breeze
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3120breezy

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 54 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 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:14 AM to 8:01 AM, and sunset from 5:05 PM to 5:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.98:145:05
28.98:145:06
38.98:145:07
48.98:145:08
58.98:145:09
68.98:145:10
78.98:145:10
89.08:145:11
99.08:135:12
109.08:135:13
119.08:135:14
129.08:135:16
139.18:125:17
149.18:125:18
159.18:125:19
169.18:115:20
179.28:115:21
189.28:105:22
199.28:105:23
209.38:095:25
219.38:095:26
229.38:085:27
239.38:075:28
249.48:075:29
259.48:065:31
269.48:055:32
279.58:045:33
289.58:045:34
299.68:035:36
309.68:025:37
319.68:015:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.34 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.89 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.6Dim
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31.7Dim
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51.7Dim
61.7Dim
71.7Dim
81.7Dim
91.7Dim
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151.9Dim
161.9Dim
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202.0Dim
212.0Moderate
222.0Moderate
232.1Moderate
242.1Moderate
252.1Moderate
262.1Moderate
272.2Moderate
282.2Moderate
292.3Moderate
302.3Moderate
312.3Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Toulon

In seasonPeak

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

Toulon's rainy season runs September–February, 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 Toulon?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Toulon.

What to pack for Toulon in January

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

In January, Toulon sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 8°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Toulon in January

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 23°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 19 to Oct 8 — about 3.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb13Bracing
Mar13Bracing
Apr14Bracing
May17Cool
Jun20Cool
Jul22Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep22Refreshing
Oct20Cool
Nov17Cool
Dec15Cool

UV index in Toulon 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 Toulon 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
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Toulon?

Toulon sits at 43.1°N, 5.9°E, 12 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is La Valette-du-Var, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Toulon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Toulon has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 555 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 822 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,554 m.

The land around Toulon is covered by artificial surfaces (47%), water (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and water (36%) within 16 km, and water (44%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
555 m
16 km
822 m
80 km
1,554 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: La Valette-du-Var 5.0 km · La Seyne-sur-Mer 5.0 km · La Garde 7.0 km · Six-Fours-les-Plages 9.0 km · Sanary-sur-Mer 10 km · La Crau 12 km · Hyères 16 km · La Ciotat 27 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 Toulon (43.1244°, 5.9284°, elevation 12 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).