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Nassau in January

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Nassau is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Nassau is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
10h 46mon average

Is January a good time to visit Nassau?

Yes. January is one of Nassau's best months (January to April).

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 78°F in January, against 78°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in January, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in January, against 23% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in January, against 33% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

10h 46m in January, against 10h 36m to 13h 40m 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. December80°27°low 73°low 23°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January78°26°low 70°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February78°26°low 70°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Nassau sits, in January

America/Nassau
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:56 AMsets 5:40 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Andros Great Barrier Reef62 km south-west

The land around Nassau, 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 Bahamas in January

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km west of Nassau. 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.