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Typical January weather

Atlanta

Georgia · January

Cold rain more often than cold sun.

54° days
36° nights

about 7 rainy days · 10 hours of daylight

What to pack

What January feels like

January is when this city talks itself into a snow panic over a forecast and empties the bread aisle — the 2014 gridlock stranded people on the interstates overnight and nobody has forgotten it. Most of the month is simply damp and gray, and the traffic is bad either way.

Rain arrives about 7 days of the month, so keep one flexible day in your plans. about 13 nights dip below freezing.

The numbers

Typical high54°
Typical low36°
Days with real rain7
Total rain4.6 in
Snowfall1.0 in
Humiditydry air
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)7:42 am / 5:51 pm

How January compares

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