Gap Weather in January
Gap in January
The short of it: Gap in January averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of -2 °C (28 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 9 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low -2° · rain 65 mm · daylight 9 h 11 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Gap an average January high of 7°, a low of -2° and some 65 mm of rain. Gap's coldest stretch of the year, 7° by day and -2° by night. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 6th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 9 h 11 min in mid-January, 20 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gap runs about middling and drier than most in January. Veynes, 20 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
January in Gap, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 16 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VeynesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km W | 7° | -2° | 68 mm |
| EmbrunProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 33 km E | 6° | -3° | 69 mm |
| Laragne-MontéglinProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 34 km SW | 8° | -1° | 56 mm |
| SisteronProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 42 km SSW | 9° | 0° | 48 mm |
| La MureAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 44 km NNW | 6° | -3° | 79 mm |
| BarcelonnetteProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 49 km ESE | 4° | -4° | 77 mm |
| Digne-les-BainsProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 53 km SSE | 9° | 0° | 56 mm |
| Le Bourg-d'OisansAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 55 km N | 4° | -4° | 82 mm |