Vesoul weather in January

In January, Vesoul sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 114 mm of precipitation across 14.1 wet days and about 8.7 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 19% 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 Vesoul's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vesoul's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
114 mm
14.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
8:26 AM – 5:03 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Excellent
PM10 14.8 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 Vesoul 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 -0°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Vesoul

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.

Vesoul 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 / 11414.14.28.70.0
Feb / 9512.34.19.90.6
Mar11° / 95132.211.62.6
Apr15° / 7912.40.413.34.3
May19° / 10°10113.9014.95.5
Jun23° / 13°8212.6015.76.3
Jul25° / 15°7512.2015.46.6
Aug25° / 15°7711.7014.16.7
Sep20° / 11°8811.3012.46.0
Oct15° / 10312.90.110.64.2
Nov / 11414.11.89.11.6
Dec / 13415.44.28.30.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22575
32575
42476
52476
62575
72773
82773
92773
102773
112971
122971
132971
143070
153070
163070
173169
183169
193169
203169
213169
223169
233070
243070
253070
263070
273169
283070
293070
303070
313070

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Vesoul gets around 114 mm of rain and snow over 14.1 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 46% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
15015
24915
34914
44914
54913
64813
74813
84712
94712
104712
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284315
294315
304316
314316

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
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7100
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9100
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11100
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15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
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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 8:30 AM to 8:13 AM, and sunset from 4:47 PM to 5:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:304:47
28.38:304:48
38.38:304:49
48.38:304:50
58.38:304:51
68.48:304:52
78.48:304:53
88.48:294:54
98.48:294:55
108.58:294:56
118.58:284:57
128.58:284:59
138.58:285:00
148.68:275:01
158.68:275:02
168.68:265:03
178.78:255:05
188.78:255:06
198.78:245:07
208.88:235:09
218.88:225:10
228.88:225:12
238.98:215:13
248.98:205:14
258.98:195:16
269.08:185:17
279.08:175:19
289.18:165:20
299.18:155:22
309.28:145:23
319.28:135:25

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.88 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.1 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
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.0Dim
141.1Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.2Dim
201.2Dim
211.2Dim
221.2Dim
231.2Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.3Dim
271.3Dim
281.4Dim
291.4Dim
301.4Dim
311.4Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vesoul?

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 Vesoul.

What to pack for Vesoul in January

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

In January, Vesoul sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Vesoul 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 Vesoul peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vesoul?

Vesoul sits at 47.6°N, 6.1°E, 236 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Besançon, 43 km away.

Topography around Vesoul

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vesoul has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 212 m around an average of 248 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,237 m.

The land around Vesoul is covered by grassland (34%), artificial surfaces (31%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
212 m
16 km
279 m
80 km
1,237 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Besançon 43 km · Montbéliard 51 km · Belfort 53 km · Audincourt 56 km · Épinal 66 km · Dole 77 km · La Chaux-de-Fonds 78 km · Pontarlier 82 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 Vesoul (47.626°, 6.1425°, elevation 236 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).