Weather in Nantes in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Nantes;
Average weather
Average temperature in Nantes in January
The expected average maximum temperature in January is +10°C with a maximum of +15°C and a minimum of -4°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 26% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +15°C to +10°C.
Is Nantes warm or cold in January?
Nantes is typically cool in January.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +9°C to +9°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +4°C to +3°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
January is the coldest month in Nantes, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Nantes in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +9°C | +9°C | +10°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -10°C | -11°C | -13°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +17°C | +16°C | +23°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 77 mm | 66 mm | 51 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 3 m/s | 3 m/s | 3 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 87% | 86% | 82% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1017 HPa | 1018 HPa | 1018 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 10 | 11 | 9 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 16 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
January weather is still as ok as in December. The temperature levels stay the same in the area of +9°C for average maximum temperature during the day. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 77 mm to 66 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 87% to 86%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 3 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 4 sunny days in December to 3 in January.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 3 m/s getting up to 7 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Nantes is gradually decreasing during January, going from 4 m/s to 1 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Nantes.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Nantes?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Nantes in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1980 (+14°C) and the highest in 2022 (+19°C). The driest year was 1996 with only 424 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2000 with 898 mm.
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Monthly weather in Nantes
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Nantes, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.