Where to travel in January
Every country we cover, ranked by how warm its main city is this month, with the rain that comes with it. The numbers are 30-year ERA5 averages (1995–2024) — the same ones charted on each country's weather guide, not a forecast.
| Country | City | Day | Night | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | Bangkok | 33 °C | 23 °C | 24 mm |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 32 °C | 23 °C | 5 mm |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 32 °C | 22 °C | 15 mm |
| Ghana | Accra | 31 °C | 24 °C | 23 mm |
| Nigeria | Lagos | 31 °C | 25 °C | 28 mm |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 31 °C | 25 °C | 63 mm |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | 30 °C | 23 °C | 79 mm |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 30 °C | 24 °C | 241 mm |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | 30 °C | 24 °C | 236 mm |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 30 °C | 19 °C | 3 mm |
| Panama | Panama City | 30 °C | 24 °C | 22 mm |
| Fiji | Nadi | 29.6 °C | 24.1 °C | 339 mm |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 29.5 °C | 25.1 °C | 210 mm |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 29 °C | 24 °C | 294 mm |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 29 °C | 23 °C | 216 mm |
| Chile | Santiago | 29 °C | 16 °C | 5 mm |
| Philippines | Manila | 28 °C | 23 °C | 38 mm |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 28 °C | 20 °C | 31 mm |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 28 °C | 22 °C | 23 mm |
| Singapore | Singapore | 28 °C | 24 °C | 220 mm |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | 28 °C | 21 °C | 84 mm |
| Laos | Vientiane | 27 °C | 17 °C | 11 mm |
| Maldives | Malé | 27 °C | 26 °C | 82 mm |
| Australia | Sydney | 26 °C | 19 °C | 76 mm |
| Belize | Belize City | 26 °C | 22 °C | 90 mm |
| South Africa | Cape Town | 26 °C | 17 °C | 13 mm |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 26 °C | 14 °C | 38 mm |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 26 °C | 16 °C | 11 mm |
| Cuba | Havana | 26 °C | 20 °C | 30 mm |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | 25.7 °C | 19.7 °C | 72 mm |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 25.6 °C | 14.7 °C | 76 mm |
| Peru | Lima | 25 °C | 20 °C | 13 mm |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | 24 °C | 13 °C | 8 mm |
| Oman | Muscat | 24 °C | 17 °C | 14 mm |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 24 °C | 14 °C | 17 mm |
| Costa Rica | San Jose | 24 °C | 16 °C | 89 mm |
| Pakistan | Karachi | 24 °C | 14 °C | 6 mm |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | 24 °C | 13 °C | 6 mm |
| The Bahamas | Nassau | 24 °C | 21 °C | 40 mm |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 22.3 °C | 8.8 °C | 13 mm |
| New Zealand | Auckland | 22 °C | 17 °C | 78 mm |
| Qatar | Doha | 22 °C | 14 °C | 15 mm |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 21 °C | 7 °C | 18 mm |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 20 °C | 8 °C | 13 mm |
| India | Delhi | 20 °C | 8 °C | 26 mm |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 20 °C | 14 °C | 22 mm |
| Colombia | Bogota | 19 °C | 10 °C | 56 mm |
| Egypt | Cairo | 19 °C | 8 °C | 4 mm |
| Bahrain | Manama | 19 °C | 15 °C | 17 mm |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 19 °C | 13 °C | 25 mm |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 18 °C | 14 °C | 81 mm |
| Morocco | Marrakech | 18 °C | 4 °C | 34 mm |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 18 °C | 10 °C | 28 mm |
| Macao | Macao | 18 °C | 13 °C | 27 mm |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 16 °C | 6 °C | 33 mm |
| Ecuador | Quito | 16 °C | 9 °C | 298 mm |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 15.5 °C | 8.3 °C | 44 mm |
| Bolivia | La Paz | 15 °C | 6 °C | 132 mm |
| Malta | Valletta | 15 °C | 12 °C | 51 mm |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 15 °C | 7 °C | 51 mm |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 14 °C | 9 °C | 70 mm |
| Italy | Rome | 12 °C | 4 °C | 70 mm |
| Greece | Athens | 12 °C | 5 °C | 58 mm |
| Jordan | Amman | 12 °C | 4 °C | 49 mm |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 12 °C | 4 °C | 72 mm |
| Albania | Tirana | 11 °C | 2 °C | 132 mm |
| Monaco | Monaco | 11 °C | 5 °C | 68 mm |
| Spain | Madrid | 10 °C | 1 °C | 43 mm |
| Turkey | Istanbul | 9 °C | 4 °C | 90 mm |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | 9 °C | 1 °C | 209 mm |
| Japan | Tokyo | 8 °C | 0 °C | 62 mm |
| Ireland | Dublin | 8 °C | 4 °C | 69 mm |
| San Marino | San Marino | 8 °C | 1 °C | 70 mm |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 7 °C | 4 °C | 25 mm |
| France | Paris | 7 °C | 2 °C | 56 mm |
| United Kingdom | London | 7 °C | 2 °C | 57 mm |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 7 °C | -1 °C | 71 mm |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 6 °C | 2 °C | 68 mm |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 6 °C | -5 °C | 55 mm |
| Belgium | Brussels | 6 °C | 1 °C | 65 mm |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | 6 °C | -2 °C | 51 mm |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 5 °C | -4 °C | 24 mm |
| Croatia | Zagreb | 5 °C | -2 °C | 57 mm |
| Switzerland | Zurich | 5 °C | -2 °C | 81 mm |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 5 °C | -2 °C | 50 mm |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 5 °C | -4 °C | 86 mm |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 5 °C | -4 °C | 119 mm |
| United States | New York | 4 °C | -4 °C | 88 mm |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 4 °C | -4 °C | 48 mm |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | 4 °C | -3 °C | 71 mm |
| Kosovo | Pristina | 4 °C | -3 °C | 50 mm |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | 4 °C | -1 °C | 74 mm |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 3 °C | -6 °C | 26 mm |
| Czechia | Prague | 3 °C | -3 °C | 39 mm |
| Germany | Berlin | 3 °C | -2 °C | 50 mm |
| Austria | Vienna | 3 °C | -3 °C | 38 mm |
| Hungary | Budapest | 3 °C | -3 °C | 39 mm |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | 3 °C | 0 °C | 52 mm |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 3 °C | -3 °C | 38 mm |
| Romania | Bucharest | 3 °C | -4 °C | 46 mm |
| China | Beijing | 2 °C | -8 °C | 3 mm |
| South Korea | Seoul | 2 °C | -7 °C | 19 mm |
| Moldova | Chisinau | 2 °C | -5 °C | 37 mm |
| Poland | Warsaw | 1 °C | -4 °C | 43 mm |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 1 °C | -9 °C | 38 mm |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | 1 °C | -3 °C | 131 mm |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | 0 °C | -8 °C | 26 mm |
| Canada | Toronto | 0 °C | -7 °C | 63 mm |
| Sweden | Stockholm | 0 °C | -4 °C | 40 mm |
| Latvia | Riga | -1 °C | -5 °C | 47 mm |
| Norway | Oslo | -2 °C | -7 °C | 73 mm |
| Finland | Helsinki | -2 °C | -6 °C | 53 mm |
| Estonia | Tallinn | -2 °C | -6 °C | 46 mm |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | -2 °C | -6 °C | 50 mm |