Where to Go in January: Best Weather Destinations

These are the destinations with the most comfortable weather in January, ranked by our comfort score, which balances temperature, rainfall, humidity and cloud cover. Looking for heat? Luang Prabang, San Salvador, Banjul are reliably warm and dry in January.

Top 25 destinations in January

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Luang Prabang Laos	28°C	16 mm	Excellent 10
San Salvador El Salvador	28°C	17 mm	Excellent 10
Banjul Gambia	27°C	2 mm	Excellent 10
Chiang Mai Thailand	27°C	17 mm	Excellent 10
Salalah Oman	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Perth Australia	27°C	18 mm	Excellent 10
Muscat Oman	26°C	19 mm	Excellent 10
Melbourne Australia	26°C	58 mm	Excellent 10
Udaipur India	26°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Oaxaca Mexico	26°C	8 mm	Excellent 10
Cabo San Lucas Mexico	25°C	7 mm	Excellent 10
Varanasi India	25°C	11 mm	Excellent 10
Aswan Egypt	25°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Dhaka Bangladesh	24°C	10 mm	Excellent 10
Dakar Senegal	24°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Sanaa Yemen	24°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Praia Cabo Verde	24°C	26 mm	Excellent 10
Nassau Bahamas	24°C	37 mm	Excellent 10
Addis Ababa Ethiopia	24°C	14 mm	Excellent 10
Dubai United Arab Emirates	23°C	21 mm	Excellent 10
Agra India	23°C	15 mm	Excellent 10
Jaipur India	23°C	10 mm	Excellent 10
Nouakchott Mauritania	23°C	0 mm	Excellent 10
Sylhet Bangladesh	23°C	11 mm	Excellent 10
Key West, Florida United States	23°C	38 mm	Excellent 10

Warm and dry in January (27°C+)

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Luang Prabang Laos	28°C	16 mm	Excellent 10
San Salvador El Salvador	28°C	17 mm	Excellent 10
Banjul Gambia	27°C	2 mm	Excellent 10
Chiang Mai Thailand	27°C	17 mm	Excellent 10
Salalah Oman	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Nairobi Kenya	28°C	30 mm	Excellent 9.9
Vientiane Laos	28°C	9 mm	Excellent 9.8
Tegucigalpa Honduras	29°C	17 mm	Excellent 9.6
Pattaya Thailand	29°C	24 mm	Excellent 9.4
Kingston Jamaica	28°C	29 mm	Excellent 9.4
Havana Cuba	27°C	34 mm	Excellent 9.4
Djibouti Djibouti	29°C	7 mm	Excellent 9.3
Hua Hin Thailand	28°C	33 mm	Excellent 9.3
Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27°C	29 mm	Excellent 9.3
Puerto Vallarta Mexico	29°C	12 mm	Excellent 9.2
Bissau Guinea-Bissau	29°C	0 mm	Excellent 9.2
Merida Mexico	30°C	40 mm	Excellent 9.1
Bridgetown Barbados	27°C	35 mm	Excellent 9.1
Mogadishu Somalia	28°C	4 mm	Excellent 8.9
Montego Bay Jamaica	28°C	43 mm	Excellent 8.9

Best in Europe in January

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain	19°C	21 mm	Excellent 9.7
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain	19°C	25 mm	Excellent 9.7
Funchal Portugal	17°C	38 mm	Excellent 8.8
Seville Spain	16°C	44 mm	Excellent 8.6
Valencia Spain	15°C	32 mm	Excellent 8.4
Malaga Spain	15°C	58 mm	Excellent 8.4
Faro Portugal	15°C	51 mm	Excellent 8.4
Marbella Spain	16°C	65 mm	Excellent 8.3
Ibiza Spain	14°C	45 mm	Excellent 8
Palma Spain	14°C	48 mm	Good 7.9

Best in Asia in January

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Luang Prabang Laos	28°C	16 mm	Excellent 10
Chiang Mai Thailand	27°C	17 mm	Excellent 10
Salalah Oman	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Muscat Oman	26°C	19 mm	Excellent 10
Udaipur India	26°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Varanasi India	25°C	11 mm	Excellent 10
Dhaka Bangladesh	24°C	10 mm	Excellent 10
Sanaa Yemen	24°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Dubai United Arab Emirates	23°C	21 mm	Excellent 10
Agra India	23°C	15 mm	Excellent 10

Best in Africa in January

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Banjul Gambia	27°C	2 mm	Excellent 10
Aswan Egypt	25°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Dakar Senegal	24°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Praia Cabo Verde	24°C	26 mm	Excellent 10
Addis Ababa Ethiopia	24°C	14 mm	Excellent 10
Nouakchott Mauritania	23°C	0 mm	Excellent 10
Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt	23°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Luxor Egypt	22°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Agadir Morocco	22°C	30 mm	Excellent 10
Cape Town South Africa	22°C	11 mm	Excellent 10

Best in North America in January

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
San Salvador El Salvador	28°C	17 mm	Excellent 10
Oaxaca Mexico	26°C	8 mm	Excellent 10
Cabo San Lucas Mexico	25°C	7 mm	Excellent 10
Nassau Bahamas	24°C	37 mm	Excellent 10
Key West, Florida United States	23°C	38 mm	Excellent 10
Mexico City Mexico	22°C	8 mm	Excellent 10
Orlando, Florida United States	22°C	58 mm	Excellent 10
Miami, Florida United States	23°C	45 mm	Excellent 9.8
Phoenix, Arizona United States	20°C	35 mm	Excellent 9.8
San Diego, California United States	19°C	51 mm	Excellent 9.7

Best in South America in January

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Lima Peru	26°C	3 mm	Excellent 9.4
Bogota Colombia	20°C	58 mm	Excellent 9.1
Buenos Aires Argentina	28°C	96 mm	Excellent 8.9
Caracas Venezuela	25°C	56 mm	Excellent 8.6
Montevideo Uruguay	26°C	108 mm	Excellent 8.5
Cartagena Colombia	30°C	7 mm	Good 7.9
Santiago Chile	32°C	10 mm	Good 7.8
Mendoza Argentina	33°C	48 mm	Good 6.7
Salvador Brazil	31°C	66 mm	Good 6.5
Sucre Bolivia	22°C	116 mm	Fair 6.4

Best in Oceania in January

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Perth Australia	27°C	18 mm	Excellent 10
Melbourne Australia	26°C	58 mm	Excellent 10
Hobart Australia	22°C	54 mm	Excellent 10
Auckland New Zealand	23°C	70 mm	Excellent 9.8
Wellington New Zealand	19°C	51 mm	Excellent 9.7
Kingston Norfolk Island	23°C	69 mm	Excellent 9.2
Christchurch New Zealand	24°C	65 mm	Excellent 9
Canberra Australia	29°C	68 mm	Excellent 8.8
Adelaide Australia	30°C	18 mm	Excellent 8.6
Saipan Northern Mariana Islands	26°C	71 mm	Good 7.7

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