January

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January is the first month in the year. It is the second month of winter in the northern hemisphere and the second month of summer in the southern hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere, occasional snowfall still occurs, and there is more of an opportunity to create snowboys. In the southern hemisphere, various stags and beetles become available, allowing for increased profits during this time of year.

Events in January

Event	Dates (In 2026 when applicable)	Games	Description
New Year's Day	January 1	Animal Crossing (GCN) Animal Crossing: Wild World Animal Crossing: City Folk Animal Crossing: New Leaf Animal Crossing: New Horizons	A celebration of the New Year, events playing differently in each game.
La-Di-Day	Template:Recurrence date	Animal Crossing: Wild World	Villager will try to give the player suggestions for a new town tune.
Fishing Tourney	Animal Crossing: Wild World/Animal Crossing: City Folk/Animal Crossing: New Leaf: Template:Recurrence date Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Template:Recurrence date	Animal Crossing: Wild World Animal Crossing: City Folk Animal Crossing: New Leaf Animal Crossing: New Horizons	A Fishing competition hosted by either Tortimer, Chip, or C.J..
Bug-Off	Template:Recurrence date (Southern Hemisphere)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	A Bug-Catching competition hosted by Flick.
Yay Day	Template:Recurrence date	Animal Crossing: Wild World	Villagers swap compliments with the player, and may refer to them infrequently after the event.
Flea Market	Template:Recurrence date	Animal Crossing: City Folk	Villagers will sell their furniture items to the player, and they can purchase furniture items from the player.

Birthdays

Villagers

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Special characters

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Possible birthdays

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List of critters in January

Fish

• [[Fish/Doubutsu no Mori/January|Dōbutsu no Mori]]
• [[Fish/Animal Crossing/January|Animal Crossing (GCN)]]
• [[Fish/Doubutsu no Mori e+/January|Dōbutsu no Mori e+]]
• [[Fish/Wild World/January|Animal Crossing: Wild World]]
• [[Fish/City Folk/January|Animal Crossing: City Folk]]
• [[Fish/New Leaf/January|Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]
• [[Fish/New Horizons/January|Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]

Bugs

• [[Bug/Doubutsu no Mori/January|Dōbutsu no Mori]]
• [[Bug/Animal Crossing/January|Animal Crossing (GCN)]]
• [[Bug/Doubutsu no Mori e+/January|Dōbutsu no Mori e+]]
• [[Bug/Wild World/January|Animal Crossing: Wild World]]
• [[Bug/City Folk/January|Animal Crossing: City Folk]]
• [[Bug/New Leaf/January|Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]
• [[Bug/New Horizons/January|Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]

Sea creatures

• [[Sea creature/New Leaf/January|Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]
• [[Sea creature/New Horizons/January|Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]

Names in other languages

Asian languages uses numbers instead of month's name. Template:Foreignname