Morges weather in January

In January, Morges sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 107 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 8.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Morges's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Morges's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
107 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
8:20 AM – 5:06 PM
Cloud cover
70%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Morges is Switzerland.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.6 µg/m³ · 2020

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 Morges reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Morges

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.

Morges weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 107136.88.80.0
Feb / 9211.26.7100.2
Mar / 9812.74.511.61.8
Apr12° / 9412.82.213.33.1
May16° / 120150.214.84.5
Jun20° / 13°11314.2015.55.7
Jul22° / 15°12614.3015.26.2
Aug22° / 15°11813.80146.2
Sep18° / 12°10912.8012.45.5
Oct14° / 107130.310.73.7
Nov / 11613.53.29.21.5
Dec / 12313.86.88.40.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Morges gets around 107 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 42% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 min at the start of January to 9 h 18 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 8:24 AM to 8:08 AM, and sunset from 4:50 PM to 5:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:244:50
28.58:244:51
38.58:244:52
48.58:244:53
58.58:244:54
68.58:244:55
78.58:244:56
88.68:234:57
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118.68:235:00
128.78:225:01
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148.78:215:04
158.78:215:05
168.88:205:06
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188.88:195:09
198.98:195:10
208.98:185:11
218.98:175:13
229.08:165:14
239.08:165:15
249.08:155:17
259.18:145:18
269.18:135:20
279.18:125:21
289.28:115:22
299.28:105:24
309.38:095:25
319.38:085:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.08 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Morges?

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 Morges.

What to pack for Morges in January

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

In January, Morges sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

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UV index in Morges 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 Morges 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
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Jun7Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Morges?

Morges sits at 46.5°N, 6.5°E, 380 m above sea level, in Switzerland. The nearest listed city is Renens, 8.0 km away.

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Topography around Morges

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Morges has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 409 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,158 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,580 m.

The land around Morges is covered by water (36%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, water (36%), trees (24%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
150 m
16 km
1,158 m
80 km
4,580 m
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January weather nearby: Renens 8.0 km · Lausanne 10 km · Pully 12 km · Thonon-les-Bains 16 km · Nyon 24 km · Vevey 27 km · Yverdon-les-Bains 32 km · Montreux 33 km

Switzerland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / J
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 112% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$114,769
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
2.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 564
Religion
Roman Catholic 34%none 29%Protestant 23%other Christian 6%

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 Morges (46.5113°, 6.4985°, elevation 380 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).