Where to go in January
433 places that are at their best in January, from monthly climate averages and local seasons: dry, comfortable and worth the trip.
Southeast Asia
86 places and 56 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luang Prabang Laos | 29° / 15°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Pai Thailand | 26° / 15°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Palawan Philippines | 28° / 26°C | 67 mm | Pleasant |
| El Nido Philippines | 28° / 26°C | 46 mm | Pleasant |
| Chiang Mai Thailand | 28° / 16°C | 15 mm | Pleasant |
| Penang Malaysia | 30° / 23°C | 118 mm | Pleasant |
| Boracay Philippines | 27° / 26°C | 82 mm | Pleasant |
| Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam | 32° / 21°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Krabi Thailand | 28° / 24°C | 93 mm | Pleasant |
| Koh Phangan Thailand | 25° / 23°C | 135 mm | Pleasant |
| Kuala Lumpur Malaysia | 30° / 22°C | 206 mm | Rainy |
| Bangkok Thailand | 32° / 20°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Siem Reap Cambodia | 34° / 21°C | 12 mm | Hot |
| Phuket Thailand | 28° / 26°C | 80 mm | Pleasant |
| Koh Samui Thailand | 28° / 26°C | 135 mm | Pleasant |
| Koh Phi Phi Thailand | 28° / 26°C | 83 mm | Pleasant |
| Manila Philippines | 28° / 22°C | 148 mm | Pleasant |
| Phnom Penh Cambodia | 34° / 22°C | 16 mm | Hot |
| Sukhothai Thailand | 32° / 18°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Da Lat Vietnam | 19° / 11°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Vang Vieng Laos | 28° / 16°C | 9 mm | Pleasant |
| Moalboal Philippines | 29° / 24°C | 109 mm | Pleasant |
| Baguio Philippines | 20° / 11°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Nha Trang Vietnam | 25° / 24°C | 48 mm | Pleasant |
| Mui Ne Vietnam | 29° / 21°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| La Union Philippines | 30° / 21°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Vientiane Laos | 28° / 15°C | 8 mm | Pleasant |
| Bohol Philippines | 28° / 26°C | 153 mm | Pleasant |
| Kanchanaburi Thailand | 32° / 20°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Coron Philippines | 29° / 26°C | 27 mm | Pleasant |
East Asia
9 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawaguchiko Japan | 1° / -8°C | 61 mm | Freezing |
| Harbin China | -14° / -24°C | 5 mm | Freezing |
| Tainan Taiwan | 21° / 18°C | 39 mm | Pleasant |
| Sanya China | 26° / 16°C | 21 mm | Pleasant |
| Niseko Japan | -3° / -6°C | 124 mm | Freezing |
| Hakuba Japan | 1° / -8°C | 95 mm | Freezing |
| Furano Japan | -4° / -12°C | 70 mm | Freezing |
| Kinosaki Onsen Japan | 7° / 2°C | 164 mm | Rainy |
| Nozawa Onsen Japan | 0° / -5°C | 194 mm | Rainy |
South Asia
50 places and 20 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varanasi India | 24° / 8°C | 12 mm | Pleasant |
| Ella Sri Lanka | 22° / 15°C | 144 mm | Pleasant |
| Goa India | 30° / 23°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Jaipur India | 22° / 7°C | 5 mm | Pleasant |
| Mumbai India | 32° / 16°C | 0 mm | Pleasant |
| Hampi India | 32° / 16°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Mysore India | 30° / 14°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Pondicherry India | 27° / 23°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Jaisalmer India | 23° / 8°C | 3 mm | Pleasant |
| Pushkar India | 22° / 6°C | 3 mm | Pleasant |
| Munnar India | 22° / 11°C | 12 mm | Pleasant |
| Alleppey India | 30° / 26°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Jodhpur India | 24° / 8°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Varkala India | 30° / 23°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Palolem India | 28° / 25°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Kolkata India | 24° / 10°C | 13 mm | Pleasant |
| Chennai India | 28° / 21°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Kochi India | 32° / 23°C | 13 mm | Pleasant |
| Sigiriya Sri Lanka | 27° / 20°C | 91 mm | Pleasant |
| Kandy Sri Lanka | 26° / 18°C | 116 mm | Pleasant |
| Weligama Sri Lanka | 29° / 24°C | 95 mm | Pleasant |
| Udaipur India | 25° / 8°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Galle Sri Lanka | 28° / 25°C | 95 mm | Pleasant |
| Hyderabad India | 29° / 14°C | 7 mm | Pleasant |
| Anjuna India | 30° / 23°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Andaman Islands India | 28° / 26°C | 42 mm | Pleasant |
| Mirissa Sri Lanka | 29° / 24°C | 95 mm | Pleasant |
| Colombo Sri Lanka | 30° / 23°C | 76 mm | Pleasant |
| Bangalore India | 28° / 13°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Malé Maldives | 28° / 27°C | 53 mm | Pleasant |
Middle East
22 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates | 22° / 18°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 23° / 17°C | 17 mm | Pleasant |
| Mecca Saudi Arabia | 29° / 16°C | 6 mm | Pleasant |
| Medina Saudi Arabia | 25° / 9°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Muscat Oman | 26° / 17°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Riyadh Saudi Arabia | 21° / 7°C | 6 mm | Pleasant |
| Doha Qatar | 22° / 13°C | 6 mm | Pleasant |
| Jeddah Saudi Arabia | 29° / 19°C | 7 mm | Pleasant |
| AlUla Saudi Arabia | 22° / 6°C | 6 mm | Pleasant |
| Eilat Israel | 21° / 9°C | 9 mm | Pleasant |
| Ajman United Arab Emirates | 24° / 18°C | 23 mm | Pleasant |
| Fujairah United Arab Emirates | 25° / 16°C | 22 mm | Pleasant |
| Sharjah United Arab Emirates | 24° / 17°C | 23 mm | Pleasant |
| Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates | 23° / 19°C | 34 mm | Pleasant |
| Al Ain United Arab Emirates | 24° / 12°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Nizwa Oman | 26° / 12°C | 12 mm | Pleasant |
| Salalah Oman | 27° / 19°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Dammam Saudi Arabia | 21° / 13°C | 8 mm | Pleasant |
| Manama Bahrain | 20° / 16°C | 7 mm | Pleasant |
| Kuwait City Kuwait | 18° / 10°C | 12 mm | Cool |
| Kish Island Iran | 22° / 19°C | 27 mm | Pleasant |
| Socotra Yemen | 27° / 23°C | 8 mm | Pleasant |
Central Asia & Caucasus
2 places.
Europe
24 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Canaria Spain | 19° / 16°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Tenerife Spain | 19° / 17°C | 25 mm | Pleasant |
| Bansko Bulgaria | 3° / -5°C | 57 mm | Freezing |
| Las Palmas Spain | 19° / 17°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Fuerteventura Spain | 19° / 17°C | 12 mm | Pleasant |
| Lanzarote Spain | 19° / 17°C | 13 mm | Pleasant |
| Innsbruck Austria | 4° / -4°C | 83 mm | Cold |
| High Tatras Slovakia | -3° / -10°C | 66 mm | Freezing |
| Chamonix France | 2° / -6°C | 107 mm | Freezing |
| Dolomites Italy | 0° / -9°C | 41 mm | Freezing |
| Zermatt Switzerland | -2° / -10°C | 63 mm | Freezing |
| Zlatibor Serbia | 1° / -7°C | 65 mm | Freezing |
| Maspalomas Spain | 19° / 17°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Žabljak Montenegro | -1° / -8°C | 113 mm | Freezing |
| Borovets Bulgaria | 1° / -8°C | 52 mm | Freezing |
| Kranjska Gora Slovenia | 0° / -8°C | 58 mm | Freezing |
| Murmansk Russia | -9° / -15°C | 45 mm | Freezing |
| Andorra la Vella Andorra | 6° / -2°C | 60 mm | Cold |
| Zell am See Austria | 2° / -6°C | 94 mm | Freezing |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany | 3° / -5°C | 83 mm | Cold |
| Kitzbühel Austria | 2° / -6°C | 94 mm | Freezing |
| St. Anton Austria | 0° / -9°C | 93 mm | Freezing |
| Grindelwald Switzerland | 1° / -7°C | 81 mm | Freezing |
| St. Moritz Switzerland | -4° / -13°C | 55 mm | Freezing |
North America
13 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banff Canada | -5° / -13°C | 45 mm | Freezing |
| Miami United States | 23° / 19°C | 44 mm | Pleasant |
| Palm Springs United States | 20° / 7°C | 23 mm | Pleasant |
| Whistler Canada | 2° / -5°C | 264 mm | Rainy |
| Fort Lauderdale United States | 23° / 20°C | 44 mm | Pleasant |
| Lake Tahoe United States | 3° / -5°C | 91 mm | Cold |
| Key West United States | 23° / 21°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Jackson Hole United States | -2° / -13°C | 69 mm | Freezing |
| Miami Beach United States | 23° / 20°C | 44 mm | Pleasant |
| Aspen United States | -1° / -12°C | 48 mm | Freezing |
| Mont-Tremblant Canada | -8° / -18°C | 83 mm | Freezing |
| Park City United States | -1° / -11°C | 51 mm | Freezing |
| Vail United States | -2° / -13°C | 47 mm | Freezing |
Mexico & Central America
61 places and 31 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua Guatemala Guatemala | 23° / 10°C | 5 mm | Pleasant |
| Lake Atitlán Guatemala | 22° / 10°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Oaxaca Mexico | 24° / 9°C | 7 mm | Pleasant |
| Panama City Panama | 29° / 25°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Cancún Mexico | 26° / 22°C | 63 mm | Pleasant |
| Playa del Carmen Mexico | 26° / 23°C | 61 mm | Pleasant |
| Puerto Vallarta Mexico | 31° / 20°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| La Fortuna Costa Rica | 27° / 21°C | 34 mm | Pleasant |
| Cabo San Lucas Mexico | 25° / 19°C | 9 mm | Pleasant |
| Tulum Mexico | 27° / 21°C | 50 mm | Pleasant |
| Ometepe Nicaragua | 30° / 24°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| León Nicaragua | 34° / 23°C | 2 mm | Hot |
| Granada Nicaragua | 32° / 22°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Valladolid Mexico | 29° / 18°C | 46 mm | Pleasant |
| Flores Guatemala | 27° / 18°C | 88 mm | Pleasant |
| Puebla Mexico | 21° / 6°C | 12 mm | Pleasant |
| San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico | 18° / 5°C | 21 mm | Pleasant |
| Boquete Panama | 21° / 16°C | 86 mm | Pleasant |
| San Juan del Sur Nicaragua | 30° / 24°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Bacalar Mexico | 27° / 22°C | 68 mm | Pleasant |
| Mérida Mexico | 29° / 18°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Mazatlán Mexico | 26° / 20°C | 9 mm | Pleasant |
| San Blas Islands Panama | 28° / 26°C | 60 mm | Pleasant |
| Cozumel Mexico | 26° / 23°C | 61 mm | Pleasant |
| Isla Mujeres Mexico | 26° / 23°C | 59 mm | Pleasant |
| San Salvador El Salvador | 28° / 20°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Holbox Mexico | 26° / 20°C | 51 mm | Pleasant |
| El Tunco El Salvador | 32° / 24°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| El Zonte El Salvador | 32° / 24°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Guadalajara Mexico | 24° / 9°C | 10 mm | Pleasant |
Caribbean
43 places and 13 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punta Cana Dominican Republic | 26° / 25°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Havana Cuba | 26° / 18°C | 30 mm | Pleasant |
| Cabarete Dominican Republic | 27° / 24°C | 50 mm | Pleasant |
| Viñales Cuba | 26° / 18°C | 35 mm | Pleasant |
| Las Terrenas Dominican Republic | 26° / 25°C | 56 mm | Pleasant |
| Trinidad Cuba | 28° / 19°C | 12 mm | Pleasant |
| Negril Jamaica | 28° / 24°C | 44 mm | Pleasant |
| Ocho Rios Jamaica | 27° / 25°C | 46 mm | Pleasant |
| Montego Bay Jamaica | 28° / 24°C | 44 mm | Pleasant |
| Kingston Jamaica | 28° / 24°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Varadero Cuba | 27° / 19°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Santo Domingo Dominican Republic | 29° / 21°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| San Juan Puerto Rico | 28° / 23°C | 51 mm | Pleasant |
| Rincón Puerto Rico | 27° / 25°C | 41 mm | Pleasant |
| Antigua Antigua and Barbuda | 26° / 25°C | 41 mm | Pleasant |
| Barbados Barbados | 25° / 24°C | 34 mm | Pleasant |
| Vieques Puerto Rico | 27° / 25°C | 58 mm | Pleasant |
| Saint Lucia Saint Lucia | 27° / 25°C | 68 mm | Pleasant |
| Nassau Bahamas | 24° / 22°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Exuma Bahamas | 24° / 23°C | 23 mm | Pleasant |
| St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands | 26° / 25°C | 40 mm | Pleasant |
| Aruba Aruba | 27° / 26°C | 29 mm | Pleasant |
| Curaçao Curacao | 27° / 26°C | 41 mm | Pleasant |
| Sint Maarten Sint Maarten | 26° / 25°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Grand Cayman Cayman Islands | 26° / 25°C | 26 mm | Pleasant |
| Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands | 25° / 24°C | 27 mm | Pleasant |
| Tobago Trinidad and Tobago | 27° / 26°C | 72 mm | Pleasant |
| Santiago de Cuba Cuba | 30° / 21°C | 13 mm | Pleasant |
| Puerto Plata Dominican Republic | 27° / 23°C | 50 mm | Pleasant |
| St. Kitts Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25° / 24°C | 28 mm | Pleasant |
South America
49 places and 19 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lima Peru | 30° / 23°C | 3 mm | Pleasant |
| Bogotá Colombia | 19° / 9°C | 44 mm | Pleasant |
| Medellín Colombia | 24° / 16°C | 134 mm | Pleasant |
| Cartagena Colombia | 29° / 25°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Galápagos Islands Ecuador | 26° / 24°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Huacachina Peru | 30° / 21°C | 13 mm | Pleasant |
| Máncora Peru | 26° / 22°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Natal Brazil | 28° / 26°C | 85 mm | Pleasant |
| Bariloche Argentina | 22° / 8°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Pucón Chile | 25° / 12°C | 32 mm | Pleasant |
| Salento Colombia | 21° / 13°C | 87 mm | Pleasant |
| Maceió Brazil | 30° / 25°C | 72 mm | Pleasant |
| Montañita Ecuador | 30° / 22°C | 80 mm | Pleasant |
| El Chaltén Argentina | 10° / 5°C | 156 mm | Cold |
| Pipa Brazil | 28° / 26°C | 85 mm | Pleasant |
| Guatapé Colombia | 21° / 13°C | 79 mm | Pleasant |
| El Calafate Argentina | 14° / 6°C | 71 mm | Cool |
| Salvador Brazil | 30° / 24°C | 83 mm | Pleasant |
| Recife Brazil | 31° / 24°C | 85 mm | Pleasant |
| Ushuaia Argentina | 12° / 6°C | 78 mm | Cool |
| Puerto Natales Chile | 14° / 7°C | 119 mm | Cool |
| Cali Colombia | 30° / 21°C | 56 mm | Pleasant |
| Santa Marta Colombia | 32° / 25°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Easter Island Chile | 24° / 23°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| San Andrés Colombia | 27° / 27°C | 43 mm | Pleasant |
| Montevideo Uruguay | 26° / 20°C | 102 mm | Pleasant |
| Punta del Este Uruguay | 25° / 19°C | 97 mm | Pleasant |
| Paracas Peru | 27° / 21°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Mar del Plata Argentina | 24° / 16°C | 125 mm | Pleasant |
| Viña del Mar Chile | 31° / 16°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
Africa
51 places and 21 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxor Egypt | 22° / 7°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Nairobi Kenya | 27° / 13°C | 39 mm | Pleasant |
| Zanzibar Tanzania | 29° / 27°C | 62 mm | Pleasant |
| Cape Town South Africa | 22° / 18°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Maasai Mara Kenya | 27° / 14°C | 106 mm | Pleasant |
| Aswan Egypt | 24° / 8°C | 0 mm | Pleasant |
| Addis Ababa Ethiopia | 23° / 7°C | 12 mm | Pleasant |
| Moshi Tanzania | 33° / 19°C | 52 mm | Pleasant |
| Lamu Kenya | 31° / 24°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Diani Beach Kenya | 32° / 25°C | 35 mm | Pleasant |
| Kigali Rwanda | 26° / 15°C | 96 mm | Pleasant |
| Mombasa Kenya | 34° / 24°C | 24 mm | Hot |
| Swakopmund Namibia | 22° / 17°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Boa Vista Cabo Verde | 23° / 22°C | 21 mm | Pleasant |
| Port Elizabeth South Africa | 24° / 19°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Sal Cabo Verde | 23° / 21°C | 23 mm | Pleasant |
| Knysna South Africa | 28° / 18°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Arusha Tanzania | 29° / 16°C | 88 mm | Pleasant |
| Plettenberg Bay South Africa | 28° / 18°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Accra Ghana | 30° / 25°C | 22 mm | Pleasant |
| Stone Town Tanzania | 29° / 27°C | 62 mm | Pleasant |
| Nungwi Tanzania | 29° / 27°C | 58 mm | Pleasant |
| Abidjan Ivory Coast | 32° / 23°C | 26 mm | Pleasant |
| Lagos Nigeria | 29° / 23°C | 25 mm | Pleasant |
| Kampala Uganda | 29° / 17°C | 65 mm | Pleasant |
| Dakar Senegal | 24° / 20°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Lalibela Ethiopia | 22° / 12°C | 6 mm | Pleasant |
| Musanze Rwanda | 23° / 14°C | 126 mm | Pleasant |
| Naivasha Kenya | 26° / 12°C | 54 mm | Pleasant |
| Watamu Kenya | 30° / 25°C | 26 mm | Pleasant |
Oceania
23 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland New Zealand | 23° / 17°C | 58 mm | Pleasant |
| Queenstown New Zealand | 20° / 10°C | 121 mm | Pleasant |
| Rotorua New Zealand | 23° / 14°C | 72 mm | Pleasant |
| Taupo New Zealand | 24° / 12°C | 71 mm | Pleasant |
| Bay of Islands New Zealand | 23° / 17°C | 74 mm | Pleasant |
| Christchurch New Zealand | 24° / 12°C | 67 mm | Pleasant |
| Wellington New Zealand | 19° / 15°C | 51 mm | Pleasant |
| Lake Tekapo New Zealand | 22° / 11°C | 104 mm | Pleasant |
| Coromandel New Zealand | 23° / 17°C | 60 mm | Pleasant |
| Wanaka New Zealand | 21° / 10°C | 134 mm | Pleasant |
| Milford Sound New Zealand | 15° / 8°C | 201 mm | Rainy |
| Hobart Australia | 22° / 12°C | 56 mm | Pleasant |
| Guam Guam | 28° / 27°C | 82 mm | Pleasant |
| Nelson New Zealand | 25° / 14°C | 71 mm | Pleasant |
| Dunedin New Zealand | 16° / 12°C | 69 mm | Cool |
| Tauranga New Zealand | 22° / 17°C | 70 mm | Pleasant |
| Kaikoura New Zealand | 20° / 14°C | 49 mm | Pleasant |
| Launceston Australia | 26° / 12°C | 53 mm | Pleasant |
| Franz Josef New Zealand | 19° / 13°C | 177 mm | Rainy |
| Waiheke Island New Zealand | 23° / 17°C | 58 mm | Pleasant |
| Saipan Northern Mariana Islands | 26° / 26°C | 65 mm | Pleasant |
| Koror Palau | 28° / 27°C | 216 mm | Rainy |
| Manly Australia | 26° / 20°C | 83 mm | Pleasant |