San Francisco climate

San Francisco Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 33°C on January 1 to 34°C on January 31, and lows from 22°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at San Francisco, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
34°C
Average low
22°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
38°CJan 25, 2002
Reanalysis low
17°CJan 22, 2009
Daylight
11 h 20 min to 11 h 32 min
Cloud cover
25%
Humidity
56%
Dew point
16°C
Wind
13.0 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 133°C22°C35°C 199519°C 20091%
Jan 233°C22°C36°C 199318°C 20091%
Jan 333°C22°C36°C 199319°C 20111%
Jan 433°C22°C36°C 199818°C 20111%
Jan 533°C22°C36°C 199818°C 20122%
Jan 633°C22°C35°C 200217°C 20001%
Jan 733°C22°C36°C 199517°C 20111%
Jan 833°C22°C35°C 199518°C 20061%
Jan 933°C22°C36°C 199818°C 19961%
Jan 1033°C21°C37°C 199819°C 19961%
Jan 1133°C21°C36°C 199818°C 20101%
Jan 1233°C21°C36°C 199819°C 20101%
Jan 1333°C21°C36°C 200518°C 19991%
Jan 1433°C21°C36°C 199817°C 19961%
Jan 1533°C21°C36°C 200218°C 19960%
Jan 1633°C21°C36°C 199818°C 20060%
Jan 1734°C21°C36°C 199818°C 20090%
Jan 1834°C22°C36°C 199418°C 20001%
Jan 1934°C22°C36°C 199819°C 20001%
Jan 2034°C22°C36°C 199519°C 20001%
Jan 2134°C22°C36°C 199818°C 20051%
Jan 2234°C22°C36°C 199517°C 20091%
Jan 2334°C22°C36°C 199517°C 20091%
Jan 2434°C22°C37°C 199819°C 20161%
Jan 2534°C22°C38°C 200219°C 20101%
Jan 2634°C22°C36°C 199819°C 20031%
Jan 2734°C22°C37°C 199817°C 20001%
Jan 2834°C22°C37°C 199818°C 19931%
Jan 2934°C22°C36°C 199319°C 20001%
Jan 3034°C22°C37°C 200220°C 20111%
Jan 3134°C22°C36°C 199121°C 20091%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at San Francisco, in percent.00.511.521102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

January 1
sunrise 6:16 AM, sunset 5:36 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 5:52 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.