Melbourne climate

Melbourne Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Melbourne, 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 26°C on January 31, and lows from 14°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 6 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Melbourne, in °C, with the record for each date.01020304050151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
26°C
Average low
15°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Reanalysis high
42°CJan 30, 2009
Reanalysis low
9°CJan 15, 1994
Daylight
14 h 44 min to 14 h 02 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
16.6 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 124°C14°C35°C 200810°C 200027%
Jan 224°C14°C38°C 201510°C 200926%
Jan 325°C14°C37°C 199110°C 200926%
Jan 425°C14°C38°C 201910°C 199424%
Jan 525°C14°C35°C 200811°C 200224%
Jan 625°C14°C36°C 201812°C 200524%
Jan 725°C14°C37°C 201511°C 199423%
Jan 825°C14°C33°C 201010°C 201423%
Jan 925°C14°C35°C 201010°C 199422%
Jan 1025°C14°C38°C 200811°C 199422%
Jan 1125°C14°C39°C 201011°C 199322%
Jan 1226°C15°C34°C 199811°C 199220%
Jan 1326°C15°C39°C 201610°C 199220%
Jan 1426°C15°C41°C 201411°C 199420%
Jan 1526°C15°C39°C 20149°C 199420%
Jan 1626°C15°C41°C 201412°C 201619%
Jan 1726°C15°C40°C 201411°C 199220%
Jan 1826°C15°C37°C 201810°C 200420%
Jan 1926°C15°C39°C 20189°C 200421%
Jan 2026°C15°C37°C 199711°C 201123%
Jan 2126°C15°C36°C 200611°C 199624%
Jan 2226°C15°C38°C 200610°C 199425%
Jan 2326°C15°C35°C 201711°C 199426%
Jan 2426°C15°C39°C 201911°C 200027%
Jan 2526°C15°C40°C 201910°C 199228%
Jan 2626°C15°C37°C 200611°C 201529%
Jan 2726°C15°C35°C 200912°C 199229%
Jan 2826°C15°C41°C 200912°C 199228%
Jan 2926°C15°C40°C 200911°C 199228%
Jan 3026°C15°C42°C 200911°C 199227%
Jan 3126°C15°C38°C 202012°C 199227%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Melbourne, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 8:45 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:32 AM, sunset 8:34 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.