Weather in Albany in January

Prime time. If you get to pick your dates, January is the one. Highs average 22.2 °C, lows 16.7 °C, and rain falls on 5 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

January is the highest-scoring month of the twelve. The nearest rival is February, and the month at the other end of the year is August.

Rain falls on only 5 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 5.5 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest January day reached 36.4 °C and the coldest night fell to 12.6 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 28 mm — roughly 117% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. January rainfall has ranged from 4 mm to 77 mm across the twenty years measured — a 73 mm spread around an average of 24 mm. The average is real but almost no individual January looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind sits around 18.7 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity is unremarkable at 73%.

How January sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 20.8 °C in December, 22.2 here, 22.5 in February. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in January

January is at or near the longest days of Albany's year: 14.3 hours of daylight, losing 0.6 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 19.2 °C in January — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. This is the warmest the water gets all year.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

January in Albany versus nearby

If Albany is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Bunbury is the weaker option in January — 8.8 °C warmer, 3 days less rain. Perth is close enough to be a coin toss — 4.2 °C warmer, 3 days less rain.

So: January is the answer for Albany. If it is booked out or priced out, February is the next best thing at 0 points behind, and August is the month to keep off the shortlist.

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