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Miami in January

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Miami is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 65°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 Miami is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
10h 43mon average

Is January a good time to visit Miami?

Yes. January is one of Miami'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 77°F in January, against 77°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 25°C in January, against 25°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in January, against 28% to 79% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in January, against 33% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

10h 43m in January, against 10h 33m to 13h 43m 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. December79°26°low 68°low 20°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January77°25°low 65°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February78°26°low 66°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Miami sits, in January

America/New York
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:09 AMsets 5:50 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Palm Beach104 km north

The land around Miami, 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 United States in January

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

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