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Cali Weather in January

In January, Cali averages a high of 30°C (87°F) and a low of 19°C (66°F), from 37 years of daily records (1973–2025).

30°C
Average high
87°F
19°C
Average low
66°F
36°C
Record high
96°F · January 19, 2020
14°C
Record low
57°F · January 23, 2017

What January Is Like in Cali

  • A typical January brings 20 days above 30°C (86°F).
  • The warmest January in the record was 1998; the coldest was 1984.

At least 1 mm of rain falls on 22% of January days, and the month averages 46 mm in total.

Average daytime high in Cali, every January since 1973
27°C31°C34°C19801990200020102020January 1973: 32.4°CJanuary 1975: 30.1°CJanuary 1976: 29.1°CJanuary 1977: 31.3°CJanuary 1978: 30.1°CJanuary 1979: 29.8°CJanuary 1980: 30.1°CJanuary 1981: 30.6°CJanuary 1982: 29.3°CJanuary 1983: 31.1°CJanuary 1984: 28.2°CJanuary 1985: 28.3°CJanuary 1986: 29.1°CJanuary 1987: 30.6°CJanuary 1988: 30.8°CJanuary 1990: 29.1°CJanuary 1991: 30.6°CJanuary 1992: 30.6°CJanuary 1993: 29.6°CJanuary 1994: 29.7°CJanuary 1995: 31.2°CJanuary 1996: 28.8°CJanuary 1997: 29.8°CJanuary 1998: 33.3°CJanuary 1999: 28.8°CJanuary 2000: 29.4°CJanuary 2001: 30.2°CJanuary 2002: 30.9°CJanuary 2005: 30.7°CJanuary 2010: 31.7°CJanuary 2011: 30.2°CJanuary 2012: 30.1°CJanuary 2014: 30.7°CJanuary 2015: 32.0°CJanuary 2019: 32.9°CJanuary 2020: 33.2°CJanuary 2022: 30.4°C
Warmest: 1998 (33.3°C)Latest: 2022 (30.4°C)10-year averageLong-run average (30.4°C)

Look Up a Day in January

See the weather in Cali on any January date, year by year.

Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily, Cali/Alfonso Bonill (1971–2025). Averages cover 1973–2025. How we compute this

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