Hiking in January
Where the days are dry and cool enough to walk all day, measured over ten years. In January, 5 places are good and 1 fair.
Everywhere
- Hong Kong Hong Kong good 28 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 19°C by day
- Kathmandu Nepal good 28 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 17°C by day
- Taipei Taiwan good 23 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 19°C by day
- Oahu United States good 22 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 26°C by day
- Maui United States good 21 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 26°C by day
- Yosemite United States fair 16 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C · 11°C by day
How a month is tested for hiking
- A walking day has a daytime high of 10–27 °C, feels no hotter than 30 °C, and is not a rainy day.
- A month is good where 2 days in 3 are walking days, and fair where 1 in 2 are.
- Counted day by day over ten years of measured climate at the place itself, not up on the trails, where it is cooler.
A test on measured figures, the same at every place and from every city: the same month always gives the same answer. It is "good" or "fair", and a month that passes neither is simply not listed. It is separate from the month's own verdict, which also weighs holidays, crowds and fares.
Hiking, other months
- January
- February 4 good
- March 2 good
- April 7 good
- May 6 good
- June 5 good
- July 4 good
- August 5 good
- September 6 good
- October 10 good
- November 6 good
- December 2 good
- Every month, side by side
Everywhere in January · February →
Measured at each place's own point, where its visitors stay, not up on the trails: a mountain path is about 6.5 °C cooler for every 1,000 m it climbs.