Timaru Weather in January
Average highs run from 18°C on January 1 to 19°C on January 31, and lows from 12°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 12 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 19°C
- Average low
- 13°C
- Precipitation
- 59 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 28°CJan 23, 2018
- Reanalysis low
- 7°CJan 10, 1998
- Daylight
- 15 h 28 min to 14 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 73%
- Dew point
- 11°C
- Wind
- 17.3 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 | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 18°C | 12°C | 26°C 2004 | 8°C 2007 | 40% |
| Jan 2 | 18°C | 12°C | 26°C 2004 | 8°C 2013 | 41% |
| Jan 3 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 2002 | 8°C 2013 | 41% |
| Jan 4 | 18°C | 12°C | 27°C 2015 | 8°C 2016 | 42% |
| Jan 5 | 18°C | 12°C | 27°C 2013 | 8°C 1997 | 42% |
| Jan 6 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 1995 | 10°C 2006 | 43% |
| Jan 7 | 18°C | 12°C | 26°C 2008 | 9°C 2007 | 42% |
| Jan 8 | 18°C | 12°C | 25°C 2009 | 9°C 2010 | 42% |
| Jan 9 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 2018 | 8°C 1998 | 41% |
| Jan 10 | 18°C | 12°C | 23°C 2004 | 7°C 1998 | 40% |
| Jan 11 | 19°C | 12°C | 25°C 2004 | 9°C 2010 | 39% |
| Jan 12 | 19°C | 12°C | 24°C 2008 | 10°C 2011 | 39% |
| Jan 13 | 19°C | 12°C | 25°C 2013 | 9°C 2011 | 38% |
| Jan 14 | 19°C | 12°C | 25°C 1995 | 9°C 2001 | 38% |
| Jan 15 | 19°C | 13°C | 25°C 2018 | 9°C 2003 | 38% |
| Jan 16 | 19°C | 13°C | 26°C 2009 | 9°C 2006 | 38% |
| Jan 17 | 19°C | 13°C | 24°C 1993 | 10°C 2014 | 36% |
| Jan 18 | 19°C | 13°C | 25°C 1998 | 9°C 2014 | 36% |
| Jan 19 | 19°C | 13°C | 24°C 2019 | 9°C 2005 | 36% |
| Jan 20 | 19°C | 13°C | 27°C 1999 | 9°C 2017 | 35% |
| Jan 21 | 19°C | 13°C | 25°C 2000 | 10°C 2004 | 33% |
| Jan 22 | 19°C | 13°C | 26°C 2009 | 9°C 2012 | 32% |
| Jan 23 | 19°C | 13°C | 28°C 2018 | 9°C 2012 | 32% |
| Jan 24 | 19°C | 13°C | 27°C 2018 | 10°C 1996 | 33% |
| Jan 25 | 19°C | 13°C | 27°C 2020 | 10°C 1996 | 33% |
| Jan 26 | 19°C | 13°C | 26°C 2015 | 8°C 2014 | 32% |
| Jan 27 | 19°C | 13°C | 27°C 2020 | 9°C 2014 | 31% |
| Jan 28 | 19°C | 13°C | 25°C 1998 | 9°C 1993 | 32% |
| Jan 29 | 19°C | 13°C | 25°C 2020 | 11°C 2003 | 32% |
| Jan 30 | 19°C | 13°C | 27°C 2018 | 10°C 1993 | 30% |
| Jan 31 | 19°C | 13°C | 27°C 2018 | 9°C 1993 | 30% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+13).
- January 1
- sunrise 5:54 AM, sunset 9:22 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:31 AM, sunset 9:05 PM
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.