Where to go in January
35 of the 52 destinations are in season in January: 12 a sweet spot, 9 good and 14 ok; 20 of them have a daily high inside the 18–30°C band.
January is a sweet spot at 12 of the 52: Colombo, Muscat, Kathmandu, Auckland, Dubai, Barcelona and 6 more. Best avoided at 17 of them.
Sweet spots in January
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Colombo
Sri Lanka · 30°C · 8 rainy days · busy
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Muscat
Oman · 25°C · 1 rainy day
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Kathmandu
Nepal · 17°C · 3 rainy days
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Auckland
New Zealand · 23°C · 8 rainy days
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Dubai
United Arab Emirates · 24°C · 2 rainy days · busy
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Barcelona
Spain · 13°C · 4 rainy days
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Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates · 24°C · 1 rainy day · busy
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong · 19°C · 3 rainy days · busy
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Kochi
India · 33°C · 4 rainy days · busy
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Tokyo
Japan · 9°C · 4 rainy days · busy
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Taipei
Taiwan · 18°C · 9 rainy days
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The Andaman Islands
India · 29°C · 6 rainy days · busy
Good in January
| # | Place | Verdict | High | Rain | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Doha Qatar | good | 23° | 2d | 23C max, 2 rainy days |
| 6 | Nairobi Kenya | goodbusy | 27° | 6d | holidays: KE: New Year's Day |
| 7 | Bangkok Thailand | goodbusy | 32° | 2d | peak: Cooler weather and lower humidity attract many tourists. |
| 8 | Marrakech Morocco | goodbusy | 20° | 4d | shoulder season |
| 10 | Cape Town South Africa | goodbusy | 27° | 1d | peak: This is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, attracting many… |
| 11 | Melbourne Australia | goodbusy | 27° | 5d | peak: Summer season attracts many tourists for festivals and outdoor… |
| 12 | Jaipur India | goodbusy | 21° | 2d | peak: This period features pleasant weather, making it ideal for… |
| 16 | Goa India | goodbusy | 32° | 1d | peak: This period coincides with the Christmas and New Year holidays… |
| 17 | Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam | goodbusy | 32° | 3d | peak: This period coincides with the dry season, which brings pleasant… |
Ok in January
| # | Place | Verdict | High | Rain | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Cairo Egypt | okbusy | 19° | 1d | peak: Mild weather attracts tourists during the holiday season. |
| 21 | Lisbon Portugal | ok | 14° cool | 8d | 14C max, 8 rainy days |
| 23 | Hanoi Vietnam | ok | 21° | 8d | 21C max, 8 rainy days |
| 25 | Sydney Australia | okbusy | 27° | 8d | peak: Summertime in Sydney attracts tourists for its beaches and… |
| 26 | Rome Italy | ok | 13° cool | 8d | 13C max, 8 rainy days |
| 27 | Athens Greece | ok | 13° cool | 7d | 13C max, 7 rainy days |
| 28 | Tbilisi Georgia | ok | 7° cool | 2d | 7C max, 2 rainy days |
| 29 | San Francisco United States | ok | 15° cool | 9d | 15C max, 9 rainy days |
| 30 | Da Nang Vietnam | ok | 24° | 16d | 24C max, 16 rainy days |
| 31 | Tashkent Uzbekistan | ok | 7° cool | 6d | 7C max, 6 rainy days |
| 32 | Baku Azerbaijan | ok | 8° cool | 4d | 8C max, 4 rainy days |
| 33 | The Maldives Maldives | okbusy | 28° | 8d | peak: This period generally has the best weather and is popular for… |
| 34 | Phuket Thailand | okbusy | 30° | 7d | peak: This period sees pleasant weather, drawing many tourists and… |
| 35 | Istanbul Turkey | ok | 9° cool | 10d | 9C max, 10 rainy days |
Warm in January
20 of the 35 in season have a daily high inside the 18–30°C band the scorer treats as comfortable; the warmest of these is Colombo at 30°C.
- Colombo 30°C
- Phuket 30°C
- The Andaman Islands 29°C
- The Maldives 28°C
- Cape Town 27°C
- Melbourne 27°C
- Nairobi 27°C
- Sydney 27°C
- Muscat 25°C
- Abu Dhabi 24°C
- Da Nang 24°C
- Dubai 24°C
- Auckland 23°C
- Doha 23°C
- Hanoi 21°C
- Jaipur 21°C
- Marrakech 20°C
- Cairo 19°C
- Hong Kong 19°C
- Taipei 18°C
Not this January
- Almaty bitter cold: -2C daily max
- Amsterdam 6C max, 11 rainy days
- Bali monsoon: 25 rainy days, 320mm
- Budapest bitter cold: 4C daily max
- Kuala Lumpur monsoon: 20 rainy days, 268mm
- Leh bitter cold: -3C daily max
- London 8C max, 10 rainy days
- Mauritius monsoon: 24 rainy days, 263mm
- New York bitter cold: 4C daily max
- Paris 7C max, 10 rainy days
- Prague bitter cold: 3C daily max
- Seoul bitter cold: 2C daily max
- Singapore monsoon: 17 rainy days, 253mm
- Srinagar bitter cold: 3C daily max
- Toronto snow (moderate)
- Vienna bitter cold: 4C daily max
- Zurich bitter cold: 4C daily max
By kind of place
- Beaches in January 13 in season
- Islands in January 3 in season
- Cities 28 in season
- Mountains in January 2 in season
- Deserts in January 6 in season
- Heritage in January 12 in season
By region
- South Asia in January 7 in season
- Southeast Asia in January 5 in season
- East Asia in January 3 in season
- Middle East in January 6 in season
- Caucasus and Central Asia in January 3 in season
- Europe in January 4 in season
- North America 1 in season
- Africa in January 3 in season
- Oceania 3 in season
- Australia 2 in season
- India in January 4 in season
- Thailand 2 in season
- United Arab Emirates 2 in season
- United States 1 in season
- Vietnam 3 in season
From your city
The same month, ranked from where you fly from, with the fare seen for it and the holidays that crowd it.
South Asia
Southeast Asia
East Asia
Middle East
Europe
- Amsterdam AMS
- Barcelona BCN
- Brussels BRU
- Copenhagen CPH
- Dublin DUB
- Frankfurt FRA
- Lisbon LIS
- London LON
- Madrid MAD
- Munich MUC
- Paris PAR
- Prague PRG
- Rome FCO
- Stockholm ARN
- Vienna VIE
- Warsaw WAW
- Zurich ZRH
North America
- Boston BOS
- Chicago ORD
- Los Angeles LAX
- Mexico City MEX
- Miami MIA
- New York NYC
- San Francisco SFO
- Seattle SEA
- Toronto YTO
- Vancouver YVR
Latin America
Africa
Oceania
The other months
- January
- February 21 sweet
- March 15 sweet
- April 18 sweet
- May 17 sweet
- June 17 sweet
- July 20 sweet
- August 19 sweet
- September 15 sweet
- October 13 sweet
- November 2 sweet
- December 3 sweet
← December · Home · February →
Labelled and ranked by the score from Bengaluru, the same number the front page and the group grids use. The climate is the destination's own and the same from everywhere; from another city its holidays and its fares can move a month up or down a rung, which is what the from-your-city pages show.