Climate averages 1991–2020
Gainesville weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Gainesville: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jacksonville (99 km away). In January its highs average 17.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Gainesville, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gainesville ranks joint 49th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 246th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Gainesville is 9.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 64 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
Gainesville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 74 | 7.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 80 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 57 | 6.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 70 | 8.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 31.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 135 | 18.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 136 | 20.5 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 147 | 21.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 107 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 57 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 40 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 60 | 6.6 | 10.310 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
- Jacksonville in JanuaryUnited States · 99 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Palm Coast in JanuaryUnited States · 108 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Spring Hill in JanuaryUnited States · 132 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Deltona in JanuaryUnited States · 133 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Daytona Beach in JanuaryUnited States · 135 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Orlando in JanuaryUnited States · 154 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Alafaya in JanuaryUnited States · 162 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Lakeland in JanuaryUnited States · 183 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 59 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 Gainesville) is explained once on the Gainesville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.