Darwin Weather in January
Average highs run from 32°C on January 1 to 32°C on January 31, and lows from 25°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 471 mm over about 28 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 32°C
- Average low
- 25°C
- Precipitation
- 471 mm
- Record high
- 36°CJan 7, 2014
- Record low
- 20°CJan 23, 1985
- Daylight
- 12 h 50 min to 12 h 39 min
- Cloud cover
- 83%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 25°C
- Wind
- 13.0 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2024 | 21°C 1958 | 91% |
| Jan 2 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 2024 | 22°C 1973 | 91% |
| Jan 3 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1969 | 21°C 1976 | 90% |
| Jan 4 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1985 | 21°C 1956 | 90% |
| Jan 5 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2024 | 21°C 2003 | 90% |
| Jan 6 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 2014 | 21°C 1957 | 89% |
| Jan 7 | 33°C | 26°C | 36°C 2014 | 22°C 1991 | 89% |
| Jan 8 | 32°C | 26°C | 35°C 1986 | 21°C 1951 | 90% |
| Jan 9 | 32°C | 26°C | 35°C 1952 | 22°C 1992 | 90% |
| Jan 10 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1970 | 21°C 1949 | 90% |
| Jan 11 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2012 | 21°C 1961 | 91% |
| Jan 12 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1973 | 21°C 1991 | 91% |
| Jan 13 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 2016 | 21°C 1970 | 91% |
| Jan 14 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1952 | 22°C 1970 | 92% |
| Jan 15 | 32°C | 26°C | 35°C 2020 | 22°C 1975 | 94% |
| Jan 16 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1973 | 20°C 1959 | 94% |
| Jan 17 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1979 | 21°C 1959 | 95% |
| Jan 18 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2005 | 21°C 1957 | 95% |
| Jan 19 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1970 | 21°C 1977 | 96% |
| Jan 20 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1970 | 22°C 1971 | 96% |
| Jan 21 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1988 | 21°C 1944 | 96% |
| Jan 22 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1945 | 21°C 1959 | 97% |
| Jan 23 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2023 | 20°C 1985 | 97% |
| Jan 24 | 32°C | 25°C | 34°C 2008 | 22°C 1968 | 97% |
| Jan 25 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1972 | 21°C 2005 | 97% |
| Jan 26 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1976 | 22°C 1960 | 97% |
| Jan 27 | 32°C | 26°C | 35°C 1976 | 22°C 1988 | 97% |
| Jan 28 | 32°C | 25°C | 34°C 1990 | 21°C 1965 | 96% |
| Jan 29 | 32°C | 25°C | 34°C 1990 | 22°C 1946 | 94% |
| Jan 30 | 31°C | 25°C | 35°C 1948 | 22°C 1998 | 94% |
| Jan 31 | 32°C | 25°C | 34°C 1948 | 21°C 1977 | 93% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9:30).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 7:15 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:40 AM, sunset 7:19 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00014015, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.