Sunshine Coast climate

Sunshine Coast Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 27°C on January 1 to 27°C on January 31, and lows from 23°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 155 mm over about 16 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sunshine Coast, in °C, with the record for each date.20253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
27°C
Average low
23°C
Precipitation
155 mm
Reanalysis high
35°CJan 12, 2002
Reanalysis low
20°CJan 1, 2003
Daylight
13 h 48 min to 13 h 20 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
76%
Dew point
20°C
Wind
15.5 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 127°C23°C32°C 200920°C 200352%
Jan 227°C23°C31°C 200220°C 199352%
Jan 327°C23°C33°C 201421°C 199351%
Jan 427°C23°C34°C 201421°C 201251%
Jan 527°C23°C31°C 199421°C 199250%
Jan 627°C23°C33°C 199421°C 200748%
Jan 727°C23°C33°C 199421°C 200147%
Jan 827°C23°C32°C 199421°C 200346%
Jan 927°C23°C32°C 199421°C 199745%
Jan 1027°C23°C31°C 201221°C 200044%
Jan 1127°C23°C32°C 201221°C 200045%
Jan 1227°C23°C35°C 200221°C 200044%
Jan 1327°C23°C32°C 201821°C 200042%
Jan 1427°C23°C32°C 201821°C 200041%
Jan 1527°C23°C32°C 201521°C 199742%
Jan 1627°C23°C31°C 201520°C 199641%
Jan 1727°C23°C32°C 201521°C 199742%
Jan 1827°C23°C32°C 201521°C 200342%
Jan 1928°C23°C30°C 201320°C 201842%
Jan 2028°C23°C33°C 200021°C 200243%
Jan 2128°C23°C34°C 200021°C 199745%
Jan 2228°C23°C32°C 201421°C 199747%
Jan 2328°C23°C30°C 200021°C 199549%
Jan 2428°C23°C29°C 201721°C 199550%
Jan 2528°C23°C30°C 199122°C 201151%
Jan 2628°C23°C32°C 199821°C 200052%
Jan 2728°C24°C32°C 199822°C 200053%
Jan 2828°C24°C31°C 200422°C 200054%
Jan 2928°C24°C31°C 200721°C 200054%
Jan 3027°C24°C32°C 199922°C 199455%
Jan 3127°C24°C31°C 199522°C 201557%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 4:57 AM, sunset 6:45 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:21 AM, sunset 6:41 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.