Gold Coast climate

Gold Coast Weather in January

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Coolangatta (GHCN ASN00040717), 20 km from Gold Coast

Average highs run from 28°C on January 1 to 29°C on January 31, and lows from 20°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 173 mm over about 16 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 Gold Coast, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
21°C
Precipitation
173 mm
Record high
36°CJan 18, 2010
Record low
14°CJan 19, 2018
Daylight
13 h 53 min to 13 h 25 min
Cloud cover
57%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
21°C
Wind
23.4 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 128°C20°C30°C 201716°C 200347%
Jan 229°C21°C33°C 200617°C 201247%
Jan 328°C21°C31°C 201416°C 199348%
Jan 428°C21°C33°C 201417°C 201247%
Jan 528°C21°C31°C 199217°C 200745%
Jan 629°C21°C32°C 200417°C 201244%
Jan 728°C21°C31°C 201917°C 199343%
Jan 829°C21°C32°C 200416°C 200343%
Jan 929°C21°C32°C 199418°C 201642%
Jan 1028°C21°C32°C 198518°C 200341%
Jan 1128°C21°C32°C 198514°C 200041%
Jan 1229°C21°C34°C 200217°C 202141%
Jan 1328°C21°C33°C 201817°C 200540%
Jan 1429°C21°C33°C 201718°C 201239%
Jan 1529°C21°C32°C 201516°C 199739%
Jan 1629°C21°C31°C 202116°C 201840%
Jan 1729°C21°C32°C 201016°C 200340%
Jan 1829°C21°C36°C 201017°C 200340%
Jan 1929°C21°C32°C 201314°C 201840%
Jan 2029°C20°C34°C 200017°C 201642%
Jan 2129°C22°C34°C 200017°C 198345%
Jan 2229°C22°C33°C 201416°C 202147%
Jan 2329°C22°C33°C 198517°C 199749%
Jan 2429°C22°C33°C 202517°C 201150%
Jan 2529°C22°C33°C 201518°C 198652%
Jan 2629°C22°C31°C 201018°C 198653%
Jan 2729°C22°C32°C 199817°C 198654%
Jan 2829°C22°C31°C 200118°C 198554%
Jan 2929°C22°C35°C 200419°C 198354%
Jan 3029°C22°C31°C 200418°C 201555%
Jan 3129°C22°C34°C 200417°C 198656%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Gold Coast, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

January 1
sunrise 4:53 AM, sunset 6:46 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:17 AM, sunset 6:42 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00040717, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.