Climate averages 1991–2020
Melbourne weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 6th 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 Melbourne: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (65 km away). In January its highs average 24.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Melbourne, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Melbourne ranks 26th of 32 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 32 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 32 cities is 27.2°C; Melbourne is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 44 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
Melbourne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 5.9 | 14.514 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 44 | 5.7 | 13.514 h |
| March | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 19.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 43 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 44 | 11.0 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 60 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 60 | 10.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 61 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 7.7 | 14.715 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
- Geelong in JanuaryAustralia · 65 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Ballarat in JanuaryAustralia · 102 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Bendigo in JanuaryAustralia · 132 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Launceston in JanuaryAustralia · 444 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JanuaryAustralia · 453 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Canberra in JanuaryAustralia · 466 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Hobart in JanuaryAustralia · 598 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in JanuaryAustralia · 646 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 21 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 Melbourne) is explained once on the Melbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.