Montpellier is typically cool in January.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +12°C to +11°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +5°C to +4°C.

Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.

January is the coldest month in Montpellier, here is the comparison with other months:

January weather is still as good as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +12°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +11°C. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 68 mm to 64 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 73% to 72%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 3 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 12 sunny days during the month.

February brings much the same weather, it remains good.

The climate in Montpellier in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1980 (+18°C) and the highest in 2022 (+21°C). The driest year was 1998 with only 421 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2018 with 1287 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Montpellier, 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.