Toulouse weather in January

In January, Toulouse sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Toulouse's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Toulouse's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
66 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
9 h 06 min
8:31 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover
67%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
1.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Toulouse is French commune and city in Haute-Garonne, Occitania.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,325/km²
people per km²
Founded
~106 CE

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 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Toulouse reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 15°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)
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How January really feels in Toulouse

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.

Toulouse 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
Jan10° / 6611.30.89.12.2
Feb11° / 529.40.910.22.8
Mar15° / 6010.40.411.64.4
Apr17° / 7911.9013.25.2
May21° / 11°8212014.56.1
Jun25° / 15°669015.26.9
Jul28° / 17°517.8014.96.7
Aug28° / 17°658.5013.86.5
Sep24° / 14°568.2012.37.1
Oct20° / 11°6510.3010.86.2
Nov14° / 7511.80.19.53.8
Dec11° / 6510.90.38.82.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33664
43664
53664
63664
73664
83763
93763
103664
113664
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313961

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Toulouse gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 36% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1372
2372
3372
4372
5372
6362
7362
8362
9352
10352
11352
12352
13352
14352
15352
16362
17362
18362
19362
20372
21372
22373
23373
24373
25373
26363
27363
28363
29353
30353
31354

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 (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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412light breeze
512light breeze
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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 8:33 AM to 8:20 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:55 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.88:335:22
28.88:335:22
38.88:335:23
48.88:335:24
58.98:335:25
68.98:335:26
78.98:335:27
88.98:335:28
98.98:335:29
109.08:335:30
119.08:325:31
129.08:325:32
139.08:325:33
149.08:325:34
159.18:315:35
169.18:315:36
179.18:305:37
189.18:305:39
199.28:295:40
209.28:295:41
219.28:285:42
229.38:275:43
239.38:275:45
249.38:265:46
259.48:255:47
269.48:245:49
279.48:245:50
289.58:235:51
299.58:225:52
309.58:215:54
319.68:205:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.4Dim
21.4Dim
31.4Dim
41.4Dim
51.4Dim
61.4Dim
71.4Dim
81.4Dim
91.4Dim
101.4Dim
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311.9Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Toulouse?

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

2.2
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 Toulouse.

What to pack for Toulouse in January

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

In January, Toulouse sees daytime highs around 10°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 Toulouse 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 Toulouse 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Toulouse?

Toulouse sits at 43.6°N, 1.4°E, 150 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Balma, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Toulouse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Toulouse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,651 m.

The land around Toulouse is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, cropland (30%), artificial surfaces (29%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%), trees (32%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
175 m
80 km
1,651 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Balma 5.0 km · Blagnac 6.0 km · Colomiers 9.0 km · Tournefeuille 10 km · Cugnaux 11 km · Plaisance-du-Touch 13 km · Muret 19 km · Montauban 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
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 Toulouse (43.6043°, 1.4437°, elevation 150 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).