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New Orleans in January

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in New Orleans is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.January in New Orleans is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
10h 27mon average

Is January a good time to visit New Orleans?

January sits outside New Orleans's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or November. Expect mild days and rain on about two 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 65°F in January, against 65°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in January, against 18°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in January, against 26% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in January, against 33% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

10h 27m in January, against 10h 15m to 14h 02m 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. December68°20°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January65°18°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February67°19°low 51°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where New Orleans sits, in January

America/Chicago
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:57 AMsets 5:21 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Houston510 km west

The land around New Orleans, 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 United States in January

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest New Orleans. 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.