Climate averages 1991–2020
Central Coast weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Central Coast: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sydney (51 km away). In January its highs average 25.6°C, about as warm as Central Coast, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Central Coast ranks 24th of 32 for the warmest January highs and 17th of 32 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 32 cities is 27.2°C; Central Coast is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 102 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
Central Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 10.4 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 102 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 89 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 77 | 10.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 86 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 49 | 7.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 49 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 62 | 8.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 22.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 81 | 10.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 70 | 10.2 | 14.314 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
- Sydney in JanuaryAustralia · 51 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in JanuaryAustralia · 67 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Maitland in JanuaryAustralia · 79 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in JanuaryAustralia · 101 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Wollongong in JanuaryAustralia · 119 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Canberra in JanuaryAustralia · 291 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JanuaryAustralia · 306 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in JanuaryAustralia · 385 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 160 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 Central Coast) is explained once on the Central Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.