Canberra climate

Canberra Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Canberra, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 24°C on January 1 to 25°C on January 31, and lows from 11°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 65 mm over about 9 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Canberra, in °C.1015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high

January at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
65 mm
Daylight
14 h 30 min to 13 h 51 min
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
62%
Dew point
10°C
Wind
6.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 124°C11°C28%
Jan 224°C11°C28%
Jan 324°C11°C28%
Jan 425°C11°C28%
Jan 525°C11°C28%
Jan 625°C11°C29%
Jan 725°C11°C29%
Jan 825°C12°C29%
Jan 925°C12°C30%
Jan 1025°C12°C30%
Jan 1125°C12°C30%
Jan 1225°C12°C31%
Jan 1326°C12°C30%
Jan 1426°C12°C29%
Jan 1526°C12°C29%
Jan 1626°C12°C29%
Jan 1726°C12°C30%
Jan 1826°C12°C31%
Jan 1926°C12°C31%
Jan 2026°C12°C32%
Jan 2126°C12°C32%
Jan 2226°C12°C33%
Jan 2326°C12°C33%
Jan 2426°C12°C32%
Jan 2526°C12°C32%
Jan 2626°C12°C30%
Jan 2726°C12°C30%
Jan 2825°C12°C31%
Jan 2925°C12°C31%
Jan 3025°C12°C30%
Jan 3125°C12°C30%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Canberra, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+11).

January 1
sunrise 5:52 AM, sunset 8:22 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:21 AM, sunset 8:12 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00070246, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.