January 2027 calendar

The Australian Open runs in Melbourne throughout January, overlapping with the closing weeks of the Big Bash cricket season. January 2027 carries this national sporting calendar alongside the peak of the summer beach season in the southern capital cities and the height of the wet season across the tropical north, before both the tennis and the cricket seasons wind down in February. Daylight saving remains in effect throughout January in the five states and territories that observe it.

January opens the first calendar quarter of 2027, which runs from January to March, and sits seven months into the financial year that began the previous July. Businesses running monthly reporting cycles close out January against both calendars at once, while fortnightly payroll runs continue on their own independent schedule through the month. The Big Bash cricket season also wraps up in the same window as the Australian Open.

The transition from January into February brings school terms back into session nationwide and ends the run of long summer holidays that January 2027 carried in full. The Australian Open and the Big Bash cricket season both wrap up in the same window, closing out the summer sporting calendar until the football codes open the following month. January sits seven months into the financial year that began the previous July as well.