Climate averages 1991–2020
Launceston weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th 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 Launceston: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hobart (161 km away). In January its highs average 21.8°C, 1.3°C cooler than Launceston, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Launceston ranks 31st of 32 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 32 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 32 cities is 27.2°C; Launceston is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 46 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
Launceston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.815 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| March | 20.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 49 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 60 | 8.3 | 9.810 h |
| June | 11.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 9.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.59 h |
| August | 12.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 81 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 14.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| December | 21.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 57 | 8.1 | 15.115 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
- Hobart in JanuaryAustralia · 161 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Geelong in JanuaryAustralia · 436 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Melbourne in JanuaryAustralia · 444 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Ballarat in JanuaryAustralia · 515 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Bendigo in JanuaryAustralia · 576 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JanuaryAustralia · 690 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Canberra in JanuaryAustralia · 706 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Sydney in JanuaryAustralia · 915 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 73 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 Launceston) is explained once on the Launceston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.