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Gold Coast in January

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Gold Coast is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Gold Coast is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 50% of days
Daylight
13h 42mon average

Is January a good time to visit Gold Coast?

January sits outside Gold Coast's best months, which run from June to September. Expect warm days and rain on about four days a week.

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 83°F in January, against 69°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in January, against 21°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

50% of days in January, against 19% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in January, against 19% to 39% through the year.

Daylight

13h 42m in January, against 10h 24m to 13h 53m 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. December82°28°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January83°28°low 72°low 22°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February83°28°low 72°low 22°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Gold Coast sits, in January

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:03 AMsets 6:47 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Brisbane70 km north-west

The land around Gold Coast, 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 Gold Coast

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gold Coast. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.