Your holiday weather, at a glance

Australia in January: where is it warmest?

In January, Coober Pedy is the warmest place with 37 °C by day, Hobart the coolest with 23 °C. 21 of 24 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in January, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Coober Pedy	50	37°	–	10 h	2
Alice Springs	50	36°	–	10 h	4
Broome	75	32°	30°	7 h	13
Perth	73	31°	22°	12 h	2
Townsville	46	31°	29°	8 h	18
Airlie Beach (Whitsundays)	84	30°	29°	9 h	15
Darwin	69	30°	30°	6 h	28
Toowoomba	81	29°	–	9 h	8
Cairns	73	29°	29°	7 h	22
Adelaide	91	28°	22°	11 h	3
Brisbane	75	28°	–	9 h	13
Mackay	73	28°	28°	7 h	18
Canberra	95	27°	–	9 h	6
Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise)	88	27°	26°	9 h	13
Byron Bay	85	27°	26°	10 h	14
Newcastle	83	27°	23°	8 h	10
Sunshine Coast	74	27°	26°	9 h	14
Melbourne	95	26°	21°	9 h	6
Sydney	82	25°	23°	8 h	10
Wollongong	82	25°	23°	8 h	11
Port Lincoln	78	24°	20°	10 h	3
Geelong	96	23°	19°	9 h	5
Launceston	93	23°	–	10 h	7
Hobart	90	23°	16°	8 h	8

Australia in January: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in January are Coober Pedy (37 °C), Alice Springs (36 °C) and Broome (32 °C).

Australia in January: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Broome (30 °C), Darwin (30 °C) and Townsville (29 °C).

Australia in January: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in January – warm, sunny and dry – is in Geelong, Canberra and Melbourne.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences