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Falls Creek in January

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Falls Creek is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Falls Creek is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
14h 22mon average

Is January a good time to visit Falls Creek?

Yes. January is one of Falls Creek's best months (January to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in January, against 42°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in January, against 6°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in January, against 28% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in January, against 33% to 60% through the year.

Daylight

14h 22m in January, against 9h 41m to 14h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December66°19°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January72°22°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February71°22°low 48°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Falls Creek sits, in January

Australia/Melbourne
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:07 AMsets 8:32 PM
Above the sea
1,600 mhigh country
Latitude
36.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Melbourne230 km south-west

The land around Falls Creek, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Falls Creek

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Falls Creek. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,600 m) against the climate model's (1,503 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,600 m) against the climate model's (1,503 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.