Climate averages 1991–2020
Canberra weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Canberra: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuggeranong (16 km away). In January its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Canberra, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Canberra ranks joint 19th of 32 for the warmest January highs and joint 9th of 32 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 32 cities is 27.2°C; Canberra is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Canberra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 48 | 6.5 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 52 | 6.0 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 38 | 5.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 52 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 49 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 56 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 8.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 55 | 6.9 | 14.514 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Tuggeranong in JanuaryAustralia · 16 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Wollongong in JanuaryAustralia · 187 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in JanuaryAustralia · 206 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Sydney in JanuaryAustralia · 247 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Central Coast in JanuaryAustralia · 291 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in JanuaryAustralia · 358 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Maitland in JanuaryAustralia · 361 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Bendigo in JanuaryAustralia · 466 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 38 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Canberra) is explained once on the Canberra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.