Dunkirk Weather in January
Dunkirk in January
The short of it: Dunkirk in January averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 8 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 3° · rain 56 mm · daylight 8 h 23 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Dunkirk an average January high of 7°, a low of 3° and some 56 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Dunkirk: highs scarcely reach 7°, nights fall to 3°. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 8 h 23 min in mid-January, 27 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and August.
Against its neighbours, Dunkirk runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Coudekerque-Branche, 2 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
January in Dunkirk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 19 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 25 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudekerque-BrancheHauts-de-France | 2 km SE | 7° | 3° | 56 mm |
| Saint-Pol-sur-MerHauts-de-France | 3 km W | 7° | 3° | 56 mm |
| Grande-SyntheHauts-de-France | 6 km WSW | 8° | 3° | 56 mm |
| KoksijdeFlanders | 20 km ENE | 7° | 2° | 57 mm |
| PoperingeFlanders | 32 km SE | 7° | 2° | 57 mm |
| HazebrouckHauts-de-France | 36 km SSE | 7° | 2° | 56 mm |
| CalaisHauts-de-France | 38 km WSW | 8° | 3° | 54 mm |
| IeperFlanders | 41 km ESE | 7° | 2° | 59 mm |