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Where to go in January

173 popular destinations, sorted into the holiday types that fit their January climate · monthly normals, not a forecast

In January, 33 of 173 destinations fit a beach holiday (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showers), 41 a tropical one and 37 a warm one; 50 suit cool-weather trips and 13 have snow-cold means. 28 destinations are in the monsoon this month — Porto, Rhodes, Antalya, Bodrum and Tel Aviv among them.

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The world in January

Weather you like
World map for January, land coloured by fit for the Warm preset: good 12 %, too cold 65 %, too hot 20 %, too rainy 1 % and monsoon 2 %. Dots mark 173 destinations, 37 of them fitting. Lisbon — too cold · January 104 mm · 12 °CAlgarve — too cold · January 80 mm · 11 °CPorto — too cold · January 176 mm · 10 °CMadeira — too cold · January 96 mm · 13 °CTenerife — too cold · January 72 mm · 10 °CBarcelona — too cold · January 48 mm · 9 °CMallorca — too cold · January 48 mm · 9 °CIbiza — too cold · January 40 mm · 11 °CMálaga — too cold · January 88 mm · 12 °CNice — too cold · January 80 mm · 8 °CCorsica — too cold · January 64 mm · 9 °CRome — too cold · January 64 mm · 8 °CSorrento — too cold · January 104 mm · 9 °CSicily — too cold · January 56 mm · 11 °CSardinia — too cold · January 48 mm · 10 °CFlorence — too cold · January 96 mm · 5 °CVenice — too cold · January 56 mm · 4 °CAthens — too cold · January 48 mm · 10 °CSantorini — too cold · January 88 mm · 12 °CCrete — too cold · January 104 mm · 12 °CRhodes — too cold · January 152 mm · 12 °CCorfu — too cold · January 128 mm · 9 °CDubrovnik — too cold · January 120 mm · 8 °CSplit — too cold · January 72 mm · 6 °CMalta — too cold · January 88 mm · 13 °CCyprus — too cold · January 104 mm · 10 °CIstanbul — too cold · January 96 mm · 6 °CAntalya — too cold · January 128 mm · 8 °CBodrum — too cold · January 160 mm · 11 °CLondon — too cold · January 64 mm · 5 °CEdinburgh — too cold · January 72 mm · 3 °CDublin — too cold · January 72 mm · 5 °CParis — too cold · January 56 mm · 5 °CAmsterdam — too cold · January 72 mm · 3 °CBerlin — too cold · January 40 mm · 0 °CPrague — too cold · January 24 mm · 0 °CVienna — too cold · January 32 mm · 0 °CBudapest — too cold · January 32 mm · 0 °CCopenhagen — too cold · January 48 mm · 1 °CStockholm — too cold · January 40 mm · -2 °CBergen — too cold · January 240 mm · 1 °CReykjavík — too cold · January 96 mm · 0 °CInnsbruck — too cold · January 64 mm · -3 °CChamonix — too cold · January 144 mm · -6 °CMarrakech — too cold · January 32 mm · 11 °CAgadir — good · January 40 mm · 14 °CCairo — too cold · January 8 mm · 14 °CHurghada — good · January 0 mm · 16 °CSharm El Sheikh — good · January 0 mm · 17 °CTel Aviv — too cold · January 144 mm · 13 °CPetra — too cold · January 24 mm · 10 °CDubai — good · January 8 mm · 19 °CAbu Dhabi — good · January 8 mm · 19 °CMuscat — good · January 16 mm · 20 °CSalalah — good · January 8 mm · 21 °CDakar — good · January 0 mm · 22 °CAccra — too hot · January 16 mm · 28 °CNairobi — good · January 48 mm · 21 °CArusha — good · January 72 mm · 21 °CMombasa — too hot · January 32 mm · 27 °CZanzibar — too hot · January 88 mm · 28 °CVictoria Falls — too hot · January 168 mm · 24 °CWindhoek — good · January 88 mm · 22 °CKruger — too hot · January 112 mm · 26 °CDurban — too hot · January 128 mm · 24 °CCape Town — good · January 16 mm · 21 °CNosy Be — too hot · January 504 mm · 27 °CMauritius — too hot · January 240 mm · 25 °CRéunion — monsoon · January 240 mm · 20 °CSeychelles — too hot · January 368 mm · 27 °CDelhi — good · January 16 mm · 14 °CJaipur — good · January 8 mm · 15 °CMumbai — good · January 0 mm · 24 °CGoa — too hot · January 0 mm · 26 °CKochi — too hot · January 8 mm · 27 °CLeh — too cold · January 8 mm · -12 °CCherrapunji — too cold · January 16 mm · 11 °CKathmandu — too cold · January 16 mm · 9 °CColombo — too hot · January 80 mm · 27 °CGalle — too hot · January 128 mm · 26 °CMaldives — too hot · January 88 mm · 29 °CBangkok — too hot · January 8 mm · 27 °CChiang Mai — good · January 0 mm · 20 °CPhuket — too hot · January 40 mm · 28 °CKrabi — too hot · January 24 mm · 27 °CKoh Samui — too hot · January 80 mm · 26 °CKoh Chang — too hot · January 32 mm · 26 °CHanoi — good · January 16 mm · 17 °CHoi An — good · January 96 mm · 22 °CHo Chi Minh City — too hot · January 16 mm · 26 °CPhu Quoc — too hot · January 16 mm · 26 °CSiem Reap — too hot · January 0 mm · 25 °CLuang Prabang — good · January 8 mm · 19 °CYangon — too hot · January 0 mm · 25 °CKuala Lumpur — too hot · January 160 mm · 27 °CPenang — too hot · January 112 mm · 27 °CLangkawi — too hot · January 40 mm · 27 °CKota Kinabalu — too hot · January 144 mm · 25 °CSingapore — too hot · January 224 mm · 26 °CBali — too hot · January 312 mm · 27 °CLombok — too hot · January 296 mm · 26 °CYogyakarta — too hot · January 376 mm · 26 °CLabuan Bajo — too hot · January 304 mm · 27 °CBoracay — too hot · January 168 mm · 26 °CEl Nido — too hot · January 24 mm · 26 °CCebu — too hot · January 128 mm · 25 °CSiargao — too hot · January 744 mm · 26 °CTokyo — too cold · January 48 mm · 5 °CKyoto — too cold · January 88 mm · 3 °CSapporo — too cold · January 104 mm · -5 °COkinawa — too rainy · January 128 mm · 17 °CSeoul — too cold · January 24 mm · -3 °CBeijing — too cold · January 0 mm · -3 °CShanghai — too cold · January 40 mm · 5 °CGuilin — too cold · January 56 mm · 8 °CHong Kong — good · January 24 mm · 15 °CTaipei — too rainy · January 208 mm · 14 °CSydney — too rainy · January 128 mm · 23 °CMelbourne — good · January 48 mm · 20 °CBrisbane — too hot · January 168 mm · 25 °CCairns — too hot · January 320 mm · 27 °CDarwin — too hot · January 464 mm · 28 °CUluru — too hot · January 32 mm · 31 °CPerth — too hot · January 16 mm · 25 °CAuckland — good · January 88 mm · 20 °CQueenstown — too cold · January 128 mm · 14 °CFiji — too hot · January 288 mm · 27 °CBora Bora — too hot · January 256 mm · 27 °CHonolulu — monsoon · January 224 mm · 22 °CNew York — too cold · January 96 mm · 0 °CMiami — good · January 64 mm · 20 °COrlando — good · January 56 mm · 15 °CNew Orleans — too cold · January 136 mm · 12 °CLas Vegas — too cold · January 16 mm · 8 °CLos Angeles — too cold · January 96 mm · 13 °CSan Francisco — too cold · January 168 mm · 10 °CVancouver — too cold · January 280 mm · 1 °CBanff — too cold · January 48 mm · -11 °CToronto — too cold · January 56 mm · -4 °CMexico City — too cold · January 8 mm · 14 °CCancún — good · January 80 mm · 23 °CPuerto Vallarta — good · January 24 mm · 20 °CCabo San Lucas — good · January 16 mm · 18 °CBelize City — too hot · January 96 mm · 24 °CAntigua Guatemala — good · January 8 mm · 17 °CTamarindo — too hot · January 0 mm · 27 °CSan José — good · January 48 mm · 20 °CPanama City — too hot · January 40 mm · 27 °CHavana — good · January 64 mm · 22 °CMontego Bay — good · January 80 mm · 24 °CPunta Cana — too hot · January 72 mm · 25 °CSan Juan — too rainy · January 112 mm · 24 °CNassau — good · January 40 mm · 22 °CBarbados — too hot · January 96 mm · 26 °CSt Lucia — too hot · January 152 mm · 25 °CAruba — too hot · January 32 mm · 27 °CCuraçao — too hot · January 48 mm · 27 °CCartagena — too hot · January 8 mm · 27 °CMedellín — good · January 104 mm · 18 °CQuito — good · January 64 mm · 15 °CGalápagos — too hot · January 48 mm · 24 °CLima — good · January 0 mm · 22 °CCusco — too cold · January 160 mm · 10 °CLa Paz — too cold · January 144 mm · 7 °CSan Pedro de Atacama — good · January 16 mm · 16 °CSantiago — good · January 0 mm · 21 °CBariloche — too cold · January 24 mm · 14 °CEl Calafate — too cold · January 16 mm · 12 °CBuenos Aires — too hot · January 112 mm · 24 °CIguazú — too hot · January 176 mm · 26 °CRio de Janeiro — too hot · January 144 mm · 26 °CSalvador — too hot · January 80 mm · 26 °CManaus — too hot · January 280 mm · 27 °C
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The world in January: every 0.25° cell of land coloured by how it fits the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers), with a dot per destination — larger and gold where the month fits. Pick the weather you like above and the whole world is re-judged; tap a dot for its page.

temperature in · rain in — tap a unit to switch.

Warm holidays in January

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers · 37 of 173 destinations

Middle East & North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Southeast Asia

East Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

Caribbean

South America

Tropical holidays in January

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon · 41 of 173 destinations

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

Caribbean

South America

Beach holidays in January

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showers · 33 of 173 destinations

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

Caribbean

South America

Cool holidays in January

mean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoon · 50 of 173 destinations

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

Northern & Central Europe

Middle East & North Africa

South Asia

East Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

South America

Snow holidays in January

mean below 0 °C32 °F, any rain · 13 of 173 destinations

Northern & Central Europe

South Asia

East Asia

North & Central America

In the monsoon in January

Places where January is a true monsoon month — heavy, seasonal rain (≥ 180 mm7.1 in, or ≥ 120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest.

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

Middle East & North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

Southeast Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

South America

The interactive map colours the whole world for any preset and month, and shows the twelve-month chart for any place you tap.

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