Toronto climate

Toronto Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Toronto, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 1°C on January 1 to -1°C on January 31, and lows from -4°C to -6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Toronto, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-1°C
Average low
-6°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Reanalysis high
11°CJan 13, 2005
Reanalysis low
-20°CJan 19, 1994
Daylight
9 h 00 min to 9 h 52 min
Cloud cover
78%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
-5°C
Wind
25.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 11°C-4°C8°C 2007-13°C 199943%
Jan 20°C-4°C9°C 2000-14°C 201443%
Jan 30°C-4°C8°C 2004-18°C 201443%
Jan 40°C-4°C10°C 2000-15°C 199644%
Jan 50°C-4°C10°C 2007-14°C 201844%
Jan 60°C-4°C8°C 1998-16°C 201444%
Jan 70°C-5°C10°C 2008-19°C 201444%
Jan 80°C-5°C10°C 2008-15°C 201444%
Jan 90°C-5°C10°C 2008-15°C 200444%
Jan 100°C-5°C7°C 2017-14°C 200445%
Jan 110°C-5°C10°C 2020-12°C 199644%
Jan 120°C-5°C9°C 2018-11°C 201543%
Jan 130°C-6°C11°C 2005-18°C 199941%
Jan 14-1°C-6°C10°C 1995-18°C 199941%
Jan 15-1°C-6°C9°C 1995-18°C 199439%
Jan 16-1°C-6°C4°C 2012-17°C 199439%
Jan 17-1°C-6°C8°C 2012-16°C 200339%
Jan 18-1°C-6°C7°C 1996-18°C 199439%
Jan 19-1°C-6°C9°C 1996-20°C 199438%
Jan 20-1°C-6°C8°C 2006-16°C 199438%
Jan 21-1°C-6°C5°C 2017-16°C 201437%
Jan 22-1°C-6°C5°C 1997-18°C 201436%
Jan 23-1°C-6°C6°C 2012-16°C 201435%
Jan 24-1°C-6°C4°C 2010-16°C 201434%
Jan 25-1°C-6°C4°C 2010-13°C 200734%
Jan 26-1°C-6°C5°C 2016-15°C 199433%
Jan 27-1°C-6°C6°C 2018-19°C 200334%
Jan 28-1°C-6°C7°C 2006-16°C 201434%
Jan 29-1°C-6°C6°C 2006-13°C 201434%
Jan 30-1°C-6°C10°C 2013-17°C 201934%
Jan 31-1°C-6°C8°C 2016-16°C 201933%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Toronto, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

January 1
sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 4:51 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:35 AM, sunset 5:27 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.