Where to go
Where to go in January
49 of 85 well-known places suit January; the best 40 are shown. 31 are too hot, cold or wet that month. 5 more would suit it but are left out because of a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory.
Places for January
Number 1
Kolkata
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 10°
- Rain in the month
- 11 mm
Number 2
Varanasi
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 8°
- Rain in the month
- 12 mm
Number 3
Jodhpur
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 7°
- Rain in the month
- 2 mm
Number 4
Udaipur
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 7°
- Rain in the month
- 2 mm
Number 5
Cape Town
South Africa
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 23° / 18°
- Rain in the month
- 13 mm
Number 6
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 15 mm
Number 7
Agra
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 7°
- Rain in the month
- 13 mm
Number 8
Jaipur
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 7°
- Rain in the month
- 5 mm
Number 9
Mumbai
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 22°
- Rain in the month
- 1 mm
Number 10
Lima
Peru
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 21°
- Rain in the month
- 2 mm
Number 11
Delhi
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 21° / 6°
- Rain in the month
- 20 mm
Number 12
Chennai
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 27° / 20°
- Rain in the month
- 15 mm
Number 13
Santiago
Chile
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 14°
- Rain in the month
- 8 mm
Number 14
Havana
Cuba
Comfort 99 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 25° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 39 mm
Number 15
Hanoi
Vietnam
Comfort 99 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 20° / 10°
- Rain in the month
- 35 mm
Number 16
Miami
United States
Comfort 98 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 23° / 20°
- Rain in the month
- 44 mm
Number 17
Nairobi
Kenya
Comfort 98 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 12°
- Rain in the month
- 43 mm
Number 18
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Comfort 98 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 20° / 12°
- Rain in the month
- 36 mm
Number 19
Amritsar
India
Comfort 98 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 19° / 6°
- Rain in the month
- 30 mm
Number 20
Maldives
Maldives
Comfort 97 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 27°
- Rain in the month
- 50 mm
Number 21
Melbourne
Australia
Comfort 97 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 44 mm
Number 22
Bengaluru
India
Comfort 97 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 29° / 14°
- Rain in the month
- 2 mm
Number 23
Cairo
Egypt
Comfort 97 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 19° / 7°
- Rain in the month
- 10 mm
Number 24
Honolulu
United States
Comfort 96 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 56 mm
Number 25
Cancun
Mexico
Comfort 96 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 59 mm
Number 26
Auckland
New Zealand
Comfort 96 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 18°
- Rain in the month
- 55 mm
Number 27
Mexico City
Mexico
Comfort 94 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 18° / 3°
- Rain in the month
- 9 mm
Number 28
Hyderabad
India
Comfort 93 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 30° / 14°
- Rain in the month
- 7 mm
Number 29
Phuket
Thailand
Comfort 92 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 26°
- Rain in the month
- 80 mm
Number 30
Goa
India
Comfort 92 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 30° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 1 mm
Number 31
Marrakesh
Morocco
Comfort 92 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 18° / 6°
- Rain in the month
- 36 mm
Number 32
Sydney
Australia
Comfort 91 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 19°
- Rain in the month
- 91 mm
Number 33
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Comfort 91 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 29° / 22°
- Rain in the month
- 76 mm
Number 34
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Comfort 89 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 22°
- Rain in the month
- 104 mm
Number 35
Kochi
India
Comfort 85 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 32° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 13 mm
Number 36
Quito
Ecuador
Comfort 84 out of 100
Wet
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 139 mm
Number 37
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Comfort 83 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 32° / 20°
- Rain in the month
- 11 mm
Number 38
Rishikesh
India
Comfort 82 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 14° / 3°
- Rain in the month
- 37 mm
Number 39
Bangkok
Thailand
Comfort 80 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 33° / 20°
- Rain in the month
- 16 mm
Number 40
Los Angeles
United States
Comfort 80 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 15° / 2°
- Rain in the month
- 60 mm
Places are ranked by the same comfort rule as the Best time of year card: the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. A place is listed only when its month is comfortable (a comfort of 70 or more, about a mild day with little rain). It is a short list of well-known places, not every place; crowds, prices, humidity and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell. Not a forecast. A place under a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory is never listed.
NASA POWER climatology (public domain), 2001–2020. Read on 2026-10-08. Search for any other place above its brief to see its own best time of year.