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Toronto in January

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Toronto is cold: highs near 35°F, lows near 21°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Toronto is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -6°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
35°F2°Caverage
Low
21°F-6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
9h 20mon average

Is January a good time to visit Toronto?

January sits outside Toronto's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 35°F in January, against 34°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in January, against 1°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in January, against 29% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

69% cover in January, against 39% to 69% through the year.

Daylight

9h 20m in January, against 8h 59m to 15h 23m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December40°4°low 28°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January35°2°low 21°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February34°1°low 18°low -8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Toronto sits, in January

America/Toronto
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:48 AMsets 5:04 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Ottawa353 km north-east

The land around Toronto, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Canada in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Toronto

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Toronto. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.