Uluru weather in January

In January, Uluru sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 29 mm of rain across 3.5 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Uluru's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Uluru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
29 mm
3.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:13 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
32%
9th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.8
out of 10

Uluru is town in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Density
22/km²
people per km²
Founded
1984

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 37°C through the month.

A typical January day in Uluru reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 41°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 Uluru

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Uluru weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan37° / 25°293.513.41.8
Feb36° / 24°313.712.92.4
Mar33° / 21°232.612.24.2
Apr29° / 16°141.911.47.0
May24° / 11°121.710.88.7
Jun20° / 151.810.58.0
Jul20° / 13210.68.2
Aug23° / 5111.19.2
Sep28° / 13°81.311.87.8
Oct32° / 17°152.512.65.4
Nov34° / 20°253.613.23.8
Dec36° / 23°415.413.52.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
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318020

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Uluru gets around 29 mm of rain over 3.5 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 12% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
17411753
27511653
37511653
47412653
57312654
67312654
77213654
87113655
97113655
107113655
117013755
126913756
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166813856
176913855
186913855
196913855
207013854
217013854
226813964
237012963
247012963
256912973
2668121073
2769111073
2868111083
2968111083
3068111083
3169101083

Wind in January

Winds average 19 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
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519light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 7:36 PM to 7:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.56:037:36
213.56:037:36
313.56:047:36
413.56:057:36
513.56:057:37
613.56:067:37
713.56:077:37
813.56:077:37
913.56:087:37
1013.56:097:37
1113.56:097:38
1213.56:107:38
1313.46:117:38
1413.46:127:38
1513.46:127:38
1613.46:137:38
1713.46:147:38
1813.46:147:38
1913.46:157:38
2013.46:167:37
2113.36:177:37
2213.36:177:37
2313.36:187:37
2413.36:197:37
2513.36:207:37
2613.36:207:36
2713.36:217:36
2813.26:227:36
2913.26:227:36
3013.26:237:35
3113.26:247:35

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.86 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 7.86 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.2Intense
28.2Intense
38.2Intense
48.1Intense
58.1Intense
68.1Intense
78.0Intense
88.0Intense
97.9Intense
107.9Intense
117.8Intense
127.8Intense
137.7Intense
147.7Intense
157.7Intense
167.7Intense
177.7Intense
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207.6Intense
217.6Intense
227.6Intense
237.6Intense
247.6Intense
257.6Intense
267.6Intense
277.6Intense
287.5Intense
297.5Intense
307.5Intense
317.5Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Uluru?

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

1.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Uluru.

What to pack for Uluru in January

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

In January, Uluru sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Uluru in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Uluru peaks around January 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 13UV 15Jun 23UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep9Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Uluru 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 Uluru is worst in January — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (June, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateJan 2418 µg/m³Jun 136 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul9Good
Aug10Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Uluru?

Uluru sits at 25.2°S, 131.0°E, 0 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Alice Springs, 339 km away.

Alice SpringsMount IsaWhyallaKalgoorlieBroomeBroken HillGawlerParalowie

Topography around Uluru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Uluru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 506 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 375 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 545 m.

The land around Uluru is covered by grassland (84%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) and shrubs (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
375 m
80 km
545 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Alice Springs 339 km · Mount Isa 1,005 km · Whyalla 1,076 km · Kalgoorlie 1,116 km · Broome 1,214 km · Broken Hill 1,265 km · Gawler 1,281 km · Paralowie 1,287 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 Uluru (-25.2406°, 130.9889°, elevation 0 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).