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Where to go in January

Well-known places at their most comfortable in the month you choose: mild days and little rain, from twenty years of weather averages. Typical weather, not a forecast, and never a place under a travel advisory.

49 of 85 well-known places suit January; the best 12 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

  1. Number 1

    Kolkata

    India

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 10°
    Rain in the month
    11 mm
    Open brief for Kolkata

  2. Number 2

    Varanasi

    India

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 8°
    Rain in the month
    12 mm
    Open brief for Varanasi

  3. Number 3

    Jodhpur

    India

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 7°
    Rain in the month
    2 mm
    Open brief for Jodhpur

  4. Number 4

    Udaipur

    India

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 7°
    Rain in the month
    2 mm
    Open brief for Udaipur

  5. Number 5

    Cape Town

    South Africa

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    23° / 18°
    Rain in the month
    13 mm
    Open brief for Cape Town

  6. Number 6

    Chiang Mai

    Thailand

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    26° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    15 mm
    Open brief for Chiang Mai

  7. Number 7

    Agra

    India

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    22° / 7°
    Rain in the month
    13 mm
    Open brief for Agra

  8. Number 8

    Jaipur

    India

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    22° / 7°
    Rain in the month
    5 mm
    Open brief for Jaipur

  9. Number 9

    Mumbai

    India

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    26° / 22°
    Rain in the month
    1 mm
    Open brief for Mumbai

  10. Number 10

    Lima

    Peru

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    22° / 21°
    Rain in the month
    2 mm
    Open brief for Lima

  11. Number 11

    Delhi

    India

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    21° / 6°
    Rain in the month
    20 mm
    Open brief for Delhi

  12. Number 12

    Chennai

    India

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    27° / 20°
    Rain in the month
    15 mm
    Open brief for Chennai

Show all 49 places for January

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.