Orange weather in January

In January, Orange sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 63 mm of rain across 8 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of January to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Orange's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orange's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
6:14 AM – 8:12 PM
Cloud cover
41%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Orange is city in New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 15.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
147/km²
people per km²
Founded
1846

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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Orange reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°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 Orange

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.

Orange weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 15°638146.4
Feb27° / 15°657.213.27.0
Mar24° / 12°566.412.37.8
Apr20° / 394.611.27.4
May16° / 415.610.35.6
Jun12° / 618.89.83.4
Jul11° / 598.6103.0
Aug13° / 608.410.83.8
Sep16° / 648.111.85.6
Oct20° / 657.912.86.8
Nov23° / 10°819.113.77.1
Dec26° / 13°838.114.27.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17327
27426
37426
47426
57327
67327
77327
87327
97327
107228
117228
127228
137129
147129
157129
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Orange gets around 63 mm of rain over 8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 25% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
123
223
322
422
522
622
722
822
922
1022
1123
1223
1323
1424
1524
1625
1726
1826
1927
2028
2128
2229
2329
2429
2529
2629
2728
2828
2928
3028
3128

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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1652780
2642781
3632881
4622891
56029101
66029101
75830111
85830111
95730121
105531131
115531131
125331142
135331142
145231152
155231152
165031163
174932163
184932163
194832173
204732174
214732174
224633174
234633184
244633184
254633184
264533184
274533183
284533193
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112light breeze
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512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of January to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 8:12 PM to 8:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.26:028:12
214.26:028:12
314.26:038:12
414.16:048:12
514.16:058:12
614.16:058:13
714.16:068:13
814.16:078:13
914.16:088:13
1014.16:088:13
1114.16:098:13
1214.06:108:13
1314.06:118:13
1414.06:128:13
1514.06:138:12
1614.06:148:12
1714.06:148:12
1813.96:158:12
1913.96:168:12
2013.96:178:11
2113.96:188:11
2213.96:198:11
2313.86:208:10
2413.86:218:10
2513.86:228:10
2613.86:238:09
2713.86:248:09
2813.76:258:08
2913.76:258:08
3013.76:268:07
3113.76:278:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.66 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 7.66 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.1Intense
28.1Intense
38.0Intense
48.0Intense
58.0Intense
68.0Intense
77.9Intense
87.9Intense
97.8Intense
107.8Intense
117.7Intense
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147.6Intense
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217.3Intense
227.3Intense
237.3Intense
247.3Intense
257.2Intense
267.2Intense
277.2Intense
287.1Intense
297.1Intense
307.1Intense
317.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Orange?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Orange in January

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

In January, Orange sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Orange in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Orange peaks around January 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 10UV 13Jun 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep6High
Oct9Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Orange 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 Orange is worst in December — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Orange's WHO annual average of 15.8 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateDec 1733 µg/m³Jul 168 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun10Good
Jul8Good
Aug10Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec35Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Orange?

Orange sits at 33.3°S, 149.1°E, 868 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Bathurst, 47 km away.

Topography around Orange

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orange has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 880 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 769 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,141 m.

The land around Orange is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, grassland (66%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
120 m
16 km
769 m
80 km
1,141 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Bathurst 47 km · Katoomba 122 km · Blue Mountains 124 km · Dubbo 125 km · Glenmore Park 156 km · Cranebrook 156 km · St Clair 166 km · Mount Druitt 168 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 Orange (-33.284°, 149.1002°, elevation 868 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).