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Where to go in January

238 popular destinations, sorted by the holiday type that fits their January weather · 30-year averages, not a forecast

In January, 48 of 238 destinations fit a beach holiday (highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers), 64 fit a tropical holiday and 47 a warm one. 63 fit a cool holiday and 23 are cold enough for snow. 35 destinations are in the monsoon this month, including Porto, Rhodes, Antalya, Bodrum and Tel Aviv.

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The world in January

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World map for January, land coloured by fit for the Warm preset: good 10 %, too cold 63 %, too hot 26 %, too rainy 1 % and monsoon 1 %. Dots mark 238 destinations, 47 of them fitting. Lisbon — too cold · January 104 mm · 8–15 °CAlgarve — too cold · January 80 mm · 7–15 °CPorto — too cold · January 176 mm · 6–14 °CMadeira — too cold · January 96 mm · 11–16 °CTenerife — too cold · January 72 mm · 7–13 °CBarcelona — too cold · January 48 mm · 5–13 °CMallorca — too cold · January 48 mm · 5–14 °CIbiza — too cold · January 40 mm · 7–15 °CMálaga — too cold · January 88 mm · 7–16 °CNice — too cold · January 80 mm · 5–12 °CCorsica — too cold · January 64 mm · 5–13 °CRome — too cold · January 64 mm · 4–12 °CSorrento — too cold · January 104 mm · 6–12 °CSicily — too cold · January 56 mm · 8–13 °CSardinia — too cold · January 48 mm · 6–14 °CFlorence — too cold · January 96 mm · 1–9 °CVenice — too cold · January 56 mm · 0–7 °CAthens — too cold · January 48 mm · 7–13 °CSantorini — too cold · January 88 mm · 10–14 °CCrete — too cold · January 104 mm · 9–15 °CRhodes — too cold · January 152 mm · 9–15 °CCorfu — too cold · January 128 mm · 4–13 °CDubrovnik — too cold · January 120 mm · 4–11 °CSplit — too cold · January 72 mm · 3–9 °CMalta — too cold · January 88 mm · 10–16 °CCyprus — too cold · January 104 mm · 6–15 °CIstanbul — too cold · January 96 mm · 3–9 °CAntalya — too cold · January 128 mm · 3–13 °CBodrum — too cold · January 160 mm · 8–14 °CMadrid — too cold · January 40 mm · 1–10 °CSeville — too cold · January 72 mm · 6–16 °CGran Canaria — too cold · January 40 mm · 11–17 °CLanzarote — good · January 24 mm · 13–21 °CMykonos — too cold · January 80 mm · 10–14 °CCappadocia — too cold · January 40 mm · -5–3 °CLondon — too cold · January 64 mm · 2–7 °CEdinburgh — too cold · January 72 mm · 0–6 °CDublin — too cold · January 72 mm · 2–8 °CParis — too cold · January 56 mm · 2–7 °CAmsterdam — too cold · January 72 mm · 1–6 °CBerlin — too cold · January 40 mm · -2–3 °CPrague — too cold · January 24 mm · -3–2 °CVienna — too cold · January 32 mm · -3–3 °CBudapest — too cold · January 32 mm · -3–3 °CCopenhagen — too cold · January 48 mm · -1–3 °CStockholm — too cold · January 40 mm · -5–0 °CBergen — too cold · January 240 mm · -1–3 °CReykjavík — too cold · January 96 mm · -3–2 °CInnsbruck — too cold · January 64 mm · -6–0 °CChamonix — too cold · January 144 mm · -9–-3 °CMunich — too cold · January 48 mm · -3–3 °CInterlaken — too cold · January 88 mm · -6–0 °COslo — too cold · January 56 mm · -6–-1 °CTromsø — too cold · January 104 mm · -7–-2 °CRovaniemi — too cold · January 40 mm · -15–-8 °CKrakow — too cold · January 40 mm · -5–2 °CLake Bled — too cold · January 104 mm · -7–1 °CMarrakech — too cold · January 32 mm · 6–17 °CAgadir — good · January 40 mm · 9–20 °CCairo — good · January 8 mm · 7–20 °CHurghada — good · January 0 mm · 12–21 °CSharm El Sheikh — good · January 0 mm · 13–22 °CTel Aviv — too cold · January 144 mm · 8–17 °CPetra — too cold · January 24 mm · 4–15 °CDubai — good · January 8 mm · 13–25 °CAbu Dhabi — good · January 8 mm · 14–24 °CMuscat — good · January 16 mm · 15–25 °CSalalah — good · January 8 mm · 16–27 °CDjerba — too cold · January 32 mm · 8–17 °CLuxor — good · January 0 mm · 7–22 °CDoha — good · January 16 mm · 13–22 °CDakar — good · January 0 mm · 17–27 °CAccra — too hot · January 16 mm · 23–33 °CNairobi — good · January 48 mm · 14–27 °CArusha — too hot · January 72 mm · 14–28 °CMombasa — too hot · January 32 mm · 23–32 °CZanzibar — too hot · January 88 mm · 24–32 °CVictoria Falls — too hot · January 168 mm · 19–30 °CWindhoek — too hot · January 88 mm · 15–29 °CKruger — too hot · January 112 mm · 20–31 °CDurban — too hot · January 128 mm · 21–28 °CCape Town — good · January 16 mm · 16–25 °CNosy Be — too hot · January 504 mm · 23–31 °CMauritius — too hot · January 240 mm · 22–28 °CRéunion — monsoon · January 240 mm · 17–24 °CSeychelles — too hot · January 368 mm · 24–30 °CCape Verde — good · January 0 mm · 18–25 °CMaun — too hot · January 112 mm · 21–33 °CKigali — good · January 72 mm · 15–26 °CJohannesburg — monsoon · January 136 mm · 15–26 °CDelhi — good · January 16 mm · 8–21 °CJaipur — good · January 8 mm · 8–23 °CMumbai — too hot · January 0 mm · 17–30 °CGoa — too hot · January 0 mm · 20–32 °CKochi — too hot · January 8 mm · 23–32 °CLeh — too cold · January 8 mm · -17–-6 °CCherrapunji — too cold · January 16 mm · 6–16 °CKathmandu — too cold · January 16 mm · 3–16 °CColombo — too hot · January 80 mm · 23–32 °CGalle — too hot · January 128 mm · 23–30 °CMaldives — too hot · January 88 mm · 27–31 °CAgra — good · January 16 mm · 7–22 °CVaranasi — good · January 24 mm · 10–23 °CSrinagar — too cold · January 80 mm · -4–6 °CParo — too cold · January 8 mm · -4–8 °CTrincomalee — too hot · January 136 mm · 22–29 °CAndaman Islands — too hot · January 40 mm · 23–29 °CBangkok — too hot · January 8 mm · 21–32 °CChiang Mai — good · January 0 mm · 12–27 °CPhuket — too hot · January 40 mm · 23–32 °CKrabi — too hot · January 24 mm · 22–33 °CKoh Samui — too hot · January 80 mm · 23–29 °CKoh Chang — too hot · January 32 mm · 21–31 °CHanoi — good · January 16 mm · 13–20 °CHoi An — good · January 96 mm · 19–25 °CHo Chi Minh City — too hot · January 16 mm · 22–30 °CPhu Quoc — too hot · January 16 mm · 22–30 °CSiem Reap — too hot · January 0 mm · 19–31 °CLuang Prabang — good · January 8 mm · 13–26 °CYangon — too hot · January 0 mm · 18–32 °CKuala Lumpur — too hot · January 160 mm · 22–32 °CPenang — too hot · January 112 mm · 23–32 °CLangkawi — too hot · January 40 mm · 22–31 °CKota Kinabalu — too hot · January 144 mm · 22–29 °CSingapore — too hot · January 224 mm · 23–29 °CBali — too hot · January 312 mm · 24–31 °CLombok — too hot · January 296 mm · 22–29 °CYogyakarta — too hot · January 376 mm · 23–30 °CLabuan Bajo — too hot · January 304 mm · 24–30 °CBoracay — too hot · January 168 mm · 23–29 °CEl Nido — too hot · January 24 mm · 23–30 °CCebu — too hot · January 128 mm · 22–29 °CSiargao — too hot · January 744 mm · 24–29 °CNha Trang — good · January 32 mm · 20–26 °CSapa — too cold · January 24 mm · 7–15 °CPhnom Penh — too hot · January 8 mm · 22–31 °CBagan — too hot · January 0 mm · 14–30 °CManila — too hot · January 16 mm · 22–30 °CRaja Ampat — too hot · January 176 mm · 23–30 °CPerhentian Islands — too hot · January 280 mm · 23–29 °CTokyo — too cold · January 48 mm · 1–10 °CKyoto — too cold · January 88 mm · -1–6 °CSapporo — too cold · January 104 mm · -9–-1 °COkinawa — too rainy · January 128 mm · 15–20 °CSeoul — too cold · January 24 mm · -8–1 °CBeijing — too cold · January 0 mm · -9–2 °CShanghai — too cold · January 40 mm · 1–8 °CGuilin — too cold · January 56 mm · 5–11 °CHong Kong — too cold · January 24 mm · 12–18 °CTaipei — too cold · January 208 mm · 12–17 °CJeju — too cold · January 72 mm · 0–6 °CChengdu — too cold · January 8 mm · 3–10 °CSanya — good · January 24 mm · 18–25 °CUlaanbaatar — too cold · January 0 mm · -28–-16 °CSydney — too rainy · January 128 mm · 18–27 °CMelbourne — good · January 48 mm · 15–26 °CBrisbane — too hot · January 168 mm · 21–30 °CCairns — too hot · January 320 mm · 23–31 °CDarwin — too hot · January 464 mm · 25–32 °CUluru — too hot · January 32 mm · 23–39 °CPerth — too hot · January 16 mm · 18–31 °CAuckland — good · January 88 mm · 16–24 °CQueenstown — too rainy · January 128 mm · 8–19 °CFiji — too hot · January 288 mm · 23–31 °CBora Bora — too hot · January 256 mm · 24–30 °CHonolulu — monsoon · January 224 mm · 18–26 °CHobart — good · January 56 mm · 11–22 °CWhitsundays — too hot · January 336 mm · 23–31 °CChristchurch — good · January 56 mm · 12–22 °CRarotonga — too hot · January 264 mm · 23–29 °CNouméa — too hot · January 160 mm · 23–30 °CVanuatu — too hot · January 296 mm · 23–30 °CMaui — too rainy · January 136 mm · 16–25 °CNew York — too cold · January 96 mm · -5–4 °CMiami — good · January 64 mm · 16–24 °COrlando — good · January 56 mm · 9–22 °CNew Orleans — too cold · January 136 mm · 6–17 °CLas Vegas — too cold · January 16 mm · 2–15 °CLos Angeles — good · January 96 mm · 6–19 °CSan Francisco — too cold · January 168 mm · 6–14 °CVancouver — too cold · January 280 mm · -1–4 °CBanff — too cold · January 48 mm · -17–-6 °CToronto — too cold · January 56 mm · -7–0 °CMexico City — good · January 8 mm · 5–23 °CCancún — too hot · January 80 mm · 18–29 °CPuerto Vallarta — too hot · January 24 mm · 12–28 °CCabo San Lucas — good · January 16 mm · 11–25 °CBelize City — too hot · January 96 mm · 21–28 °CAntigua Guatemala — good · January 8 mm · 11–23 °CTamarindo — too hot · January 0 mm · 21–33 °CSan José — good · January 48 mm · 14–25 °CPanama City — too hot · January 40 mm · 24–30 °CChicago — too cold · January 48 mm · -9–0 °CSeattle — too cold · January 136 mm · 2–8 °CAspen — too cold · January 48 mm · -18–-2 °CYellowstone — too cold · January 88 mm · -16–-4 °CGrand Canyon — too cold · January 32 mm · -5–7 °CAnchorage — too cold · January 72 mm · -12–-5 °CMontreal — too cold · January 72 mm · -14–-5 °COaxaca — good · January 8 mm · 8–22 °CTulum — too hot · January 64 mm · 18–29 °CRoatán — too hot · January 240 mm · 22–29 °CLa Fortuna — too hot · January 256 mm · 18–28 °CHavana — good · January 64 mm · 18–27 °CMontego Bay — too hot · January 80 mm · 19–28 °CPunta Cana — too hot · January 72 mm · 21–29 °CSan Juan — too hot · January 112 mm · 19–29 °CNassau — good · January 40 mm · 18–26 °CBarbados — too hot · January 96 mm · 23–29 °CSt Lucia — too hot · January 152 mm · 22–28 °CAruba — too hot · January 32 mm · 23–30 °CCuraçao — too hot · January 48 mm · 24–30 °CTurks & Caicos Islands — too hot · January 64 mm · 20–28 °CCayman Islands — too hot · January 56 mm · 22–28 °CAntigua — too hot · January 80 mm · 22–28 °CMartinique — too hot · January 120 mm · 21–28 °CGuadeloupe — too rainy · January 104 mm · 19–27 °CCartagena — too hot · January 8 mm · 22–32 °CMedellín — good · January 104 mm · 13–23 °CQuito — good · January 64 mm · 9–21 °CGalápagos — too hot · January 48 mm · 20–29 °CLima — good · January 0 mm · 19–26 °CCusco — too cold · January 160 mm · 4–16 °CLa Paz — too cold · January 144 mm · 1–14 °CSan Pedro de Atacama — good · January 16 mm · 8–24 °CSantiago — too hot · January 0 mm · 13–29 °CBariloche — good · January 24 mm · 7–21 °CEl Calafate — too cold · January 16 mm · 6–17 °CBuenos Aires — too hot · January 112 mm · 19–30 °CIguazú — too hot · January 176 mm · 20–32 °CRio de Janeiro — too hot · January 144 mm · 21–31 °CSalvador — too hot · January 80 mm · 23–30 °CManaus — too hot · January 280 mm · 23–30 °CBogotá — good · January 40 mm · 7–19 °CFlorianópolis — too hot · January 192 mm · 20–28 °CFernando de Noronha — too hot · January 64 mm · 25–30 °CUshuaia — too cold · January 56 mm · 5–12 °CUyuni — good · January 48 mm · 6–21 °C
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The world in January: every 0.25° cell of land is coloured by how it fits the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers). Each dot is a destination; it is larger and gold where the month fits. Pick the weather you like above and the whole world is judged again. Tap a dot to open its page.

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Warm holidays in January

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers · 47 of 238 destinations

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

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

highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon · 64 of 238 destinations

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

Caribbean

South America

Beach holidays in January

highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers · 48 of 238 destinations

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

Caribbean

South America

Cool holidays in January

highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon · 63 of 238 destinations

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

Northern & Central Europe

Middle East & North Africa

South Asia

Southeast Asia

East Asia

North & Central America

South America

Snow holidays in January

highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain · 23 of 238 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 more, or 120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest.

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

Middle East & North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

Southeast Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

South America

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