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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.

4 of 18 well-known places suit January. 14 are too hot, cold or wet that month.

Places for January

  1. Number 1

    Seville

    Spain

    Comfort 80 out of 100

    Cool

    Typical high / low
    14° / 3°
    Rain in the month
    50 mm
    Open brief for Seville

  2. Number 2

    Lisbon

    Portugal

    Comfort 77 out of 100

    Cool

    Typical high / low
    14° / 9°
    Rain in the month
    73 mm
    Open brief for Lisbon

  3. Number 3

    Barcelona

    Spain

    Comfort 75 out of 100

    Cool

    Typical high / low
    12° / 7°
    Rain in the month
    47 mm
    Open brief for Barcelona

  4. Number 4

    Athens

    Greece

    Comfort 71 out of 100

    Cool

    Typical high / low
    12° / 6°
    Rain in the month
    66 mm
    Open brief for Athens

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.