Dunedin climate

Dunedin Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 16°C on January 1 to 16°C on January 31, and lows from 11°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 68 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dunedin, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
68 mm
Reanalysis high
26°CJan 31, 2018
Reanalysis low
7°CJan 9, 1998
Daylight
15 h 40 min to 14 h 42 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
10°C
Wind
21.6 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 116°C11°C25°C 20048°C 200746%
Jan 216°C11°C22°C 20028°C 200946%
Jan 316°C11°C23°C 20028°C 200746%
Jan 416°C11°C23°C 20158°C 199546%
Jan 516°C11°C24°C 20138°C 200047%
Jan 616°C11°C20°C 19958°C 200647%
Jan 716°C11°C21°C 19929°C 200747%
Jan 816°C11°C25°C 20098°C 199845%
Jan 916°C11°C22°C 20137°C 199844%
Jan 1016°C11°C22°C 20048°C 199843%
Jan 1116°C11°C21°C 20049°C 201643%
Jan 1216°C11°C23°C 199910°C 200344%
Jan 1316°C11°C21°C 20088°C 201642%
Jan 1416°C11°C22°C 20059°C 201641%
Jan 1516°C12°C21°C 20189°C 200641%
Jan 1616°C12°C23°C 20158°C 199441%
Jan 1716°C12°C21°C 19939°C 201440%
Jan 1816°C12°C22°C 20049°C 200539%
Jan 1916°C12°C20°C 19998°C 200539%
Jan 2016°C12°C21°C 20188°C 201739%
Jan 2116°C12°C22°C 201610°C 201537%
Jan 2216°C12°C23°C 20079°C 201236%
Jan 2317°C12°C23°C 20189°C 201236%
Jan 2417°C12°C22°C 200910°C 199637%
Jan 2517°C12°C25°C 20099°C 200338%
Jan 2617°C12°C22°C 20158°C 200137%
Jan 2717°C12°C23°C 20188°C 200136%
Jan 2817°C12°C21°C 199810°C 199338%
Jan 2917°C12°C21°C 201810°C 201238%
Jan 3016°C12°C22°C 20189°C 201238%
Jan 3116°C12°C26°C 20189°C 199335%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dunedin, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+13).

January 1
sunrise 5:51 AM, sunset 9:31 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:30 AM, sunset 9:12 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.