Armidale weather in January

In January, Armidale sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 96 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of January to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Armidale's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Armidale's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
96 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
6:10 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover
50%
8th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Armidale is city in New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 17.2 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Armidale reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Armidale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Armidale weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 14°9610.613.76.9
Feb25° / 14°809.113.17.0
Mar23° / 11°517.412.27.4
Apr20° / 25411.37.3
May16° / 324.610.55.8
Jun13° / 355.110.14.1
Jul13° / 284.610.24.0
Aug14° / 314.710.95.1
Sep18° / 366.111.86.6
Oct21° / 618.212.77.0
Nov23° / 10°8510.113.56.8
Dec24° / 13°9211.613.96.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26139
36139
46139
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66040
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Armidale gets around 96 mm of rain over 10.6 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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932
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1533
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3033
3132

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1563590
2563590
35535100
45535100
55335111
65235121
75135131
85036141
94936151
104836151
114736161
124636171
134536181
144436191
154336201
164137211
174037221
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of January to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 7:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:587:55
213.95:597:55
313.96:007:55
413.96:007:55
513.96:017:56
613.96:027:56
713.96:027:56
813.96:037:56
913.96:047:56
1013.96:057:56
1113.86:067:56
1213.86:067:56
1313.86:077:56
1413.86:087:56
1513.86:097:56
1613.86:107:56
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1813.76:117:55
1913.76:127:55
2013.76:137:55
2113.76:147:55
2213.76:157:55
2313.66:157:54
2413.66:167:54
2513.66:177:54
2613.66:187:53
2713.66:197:53
2813.56:207:52
2913.56:217:52
3013.56:217:52
3113.56:227:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.13 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 7.13 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.4Intense
67.4Intense
77.3Intense
87.3Intense
97.3Intense
107.2Intense
117.2Intense
127.1Intense
137.1Intense
147.0Intense
157.0Intense
167.0Intense
176.9Intense
186.9Intense
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246.7Intense
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286.6Intense
296.6Intense
306.5Intense
316.5Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Armidale

In seasonPeak

In January, Armidale sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Armidale's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Armidale?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Armidale for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Armidale in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Armidale sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Armidale in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Armidale peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 19UV 14Jun 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr8Very high
May5Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug5High
Sep7Very high
Oct10Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Armidale in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Armidale is worst in December — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.8× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Armidale's WHO annual average of 17.2 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodGoodModeratePoorDec 1450 µg/m³Jun 178 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Moderate
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul9Good
Aug9Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Armidale?

Armidale sits at 30.5°S, 151.7°E, 1,053 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Tamworth, 96 km away.

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Topography around Armidale

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Armidale.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Armidale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 1,013 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around Armidale is covered by grassland (53%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
123 m
16 km
514 m
80 km
1,490 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Tamworth 96 km · Coffs Harbour 141 km · Grafton 152 km · Port Macquarie 157 km · Taree 174 km · Muswellbrook 209 km · Maitland 248 km · Warwick 256 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type I
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 90% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$65,130
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
none 38%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 18%other Christian 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Armidale (-30.5012°, 151.6655°, elevation 1,053 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).