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Melbourne in January

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Melbourne is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Melbourne is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 21% of days
Daylight
14h 27mon average

Is January a good time to visit Melbourne?

Yes. January is one of Melbourne's best months (December to March).

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 81°F in January, against 58°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in January, against 14°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

21% of days in January, against 20% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in January, against 35% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

14h 27m in January, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m 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. December77°25°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January81°27°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February81°27°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Melbourne sits, in January

Australia/Melbourne
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:14 AMsets 8:44 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Merricks North61 km south

The land around Melbourne, 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 Melbourne

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Melbourne. 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.