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Biarritz in January

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Biarritz is cool: highs near 56°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Biarritz is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
56°F13°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
9h 21mon average

Is January a good time to visit Biarritz?

January sits outside Biarritz's best months, which run from July to October. Expect cool days and rain 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 56°F in January, against 56°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in January, against 13°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in January, against 37% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in January, against 35% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

9h 21m in January, against 9h 00m to 15h 22m 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. December57°14°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January56°13°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February56°13°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Biarritz sits, in January

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:36 AMsets 5:53 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bordeaux170 km north-east

The land around Biarritz, 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 France in January

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 5 km north-east of Biarritz. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.