Vendôme weather in January

In January, Vendôme sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 Vendôme's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vendôme's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
61 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
8:47 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Vendôme is French commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Density
805/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 7°C through the month.

A typical January day in Vendôme reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 12°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)
172
272
372
472
572
673
773
873
973
1073
1173
1283
1383
1483
1583
1673
1772
1872
1972
2072
2172
2272
2372
2472
2572
2672
2772
2872
2972
3072
3172

How January really feels in Vendôme

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.

Vendôme 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 / 6111.10.88.61.0
Feb / 509.819.91.5
Mar12° / 5310.20.411.63.2
Apr15° / 5410.6013.44.5
May19° / 6811.7014.95.7
Jun22° / 13°489015.76.7
Jul25° / 14°478.1015.47.1
Aug25° / 14°498.3014.17.1
Sep21° / 11°508.1012.46.7
Oct16° / 6911010.64.9
Nov11° / 6511.30.19.12.5
Dec / 7112.10.78.31.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42278
52278
62377
72377
82278
92278
102377
112377
122278
132377
142476
152476
162476
172476
182476
192476
202476
212476
222476
232377
242476
252476
262476
272476
282476
292575
302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Vendôme gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 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 36% 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
6402
7392
8392
9382
10372
11372
12372
13362
14362
15362
16352
17352
18342
19343
20343
21343
22333
23333
24333
25334
26334
27334
28334
29334
30344
31344

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 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
1315light breeze
1415light breeze
1515light breeze
1615light breeze
1715light breeze
1815light breeze
1915light breeze
2015light breeze
2115light breeze
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2615light breeze
2715light breeze
2815light breeze
2915light breeze
3015light breeze
3115light 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 8:51 AM to 8:34 AM, and sunset from 5:07 PM to 5:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:515:07
28.38:515:08
38.38:515:09
48.38:515:09
58.38:515:10
68.38:515:11
78.48:515:13
88.48:505:14
98.48:505:15
108.48:505:16
118.58:495:17
128.58:495:18
138.58:485:19
148.58:485:21
158.68:475:22
168.68:475:23
178.68:465:24
188.78:465:26
198.78:455:27
208.78:445:29
218.88:435:30
228.88:435:31
238.98:425:33
248.98:415:34
258.98:405:36
269.08:395:37
279.08:385:39
289.18:375:40
299.18:365:42
309.18:355:43
319.28:345:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.04 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
60.9Dim
70.9Dim
80.9Dim
90.9Dim
100.9Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.0Dim
161.0Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.2Dim
241.2Dim
251.2Dim
261.2Dim
271.3Dim
281.3Dim
291.3Dim
301.4Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vendôme?

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

1.0
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 Vendôme.

What to pack for Vendôme in January

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

In January, Vendôme sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 24UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vendôme?

Vendôme sits at 47.8°N, 1.1°E, 85 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Blois, 30 km away.

Topography around Vendôme

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vendôme has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 105 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m.

The land around Vendôme is covered by cropland (36%), trees (24%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (68%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
132 m
80 km
276 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Blois 30 km · Châteaudun 37 km · Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 51 km · Tours 52 km · Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 53 km · Saint-Avertin 54 km · Joué-lès-Tours 58 km · Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle 61 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 Vendôme (47.7929°, 1.0656°, elevation 85 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).