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Whitsundays in January

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 85°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 60% of days
Daylight
13h 12mon average

Is January a good time to visit Whitsundays?

January sits outside Whitsundays's best months, which run from July to October. 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 85°F in January, against 73°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in January, against 23°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

60% of days in January, against 16% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in January, against 30% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

13h 12m in January, against 10h 55m to 13h 20m 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. December85°29°low 77°low 25°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January85°29°low 78°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February85°29°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Whitsundays sits, in January

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:36 AMsets 6:50 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
20.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cairns499 km north-west

The land around Whitsundays, 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 Whitsundays

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km east of Whitsundays. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.