Climate averages 1991–2020
Townsville weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Townsville: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cairns (283 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Townsville, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Townsville ranks 3rd of 32 for the warmest January highs and 29th of 32 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 32 cities is 27.2°C; Townsville is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 208 mm to 219 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
Townsville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 208 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 219 | 17.7 | 12.713 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 127 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 49 | 6.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.511 h |
| September | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 9.8 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 22 | 5.1 | 12.513 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 47 | 8.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 30.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 88 | 12.5 | 13.313 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
- Cairns in JanuaryAustralia · 283 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 245 mm rain
- Mackay in JanuaryAustralia · 324 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 212 mm rain
- Rockhampton in JanuaryAustralia · 597 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in JanuaryAustralia · 1043 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Toowoomba in JanuaryAustralia · 1061 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Brisbane in JanuaryAustralia · 1111 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Logan City in JanuaryAustralia · 1131 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Gold Coast in JanuaryAustralia · 1182 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 130 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 Townsville) is explained once on the Townsville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.