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Where is the weather good in January?

January is peak summer in the Southern Hemisphere and dry season in much of South Asia, the Gulf and the Red Sea, while most of Europe and North America is cold and grey.

The best places for sunny, dry and pleasantly warm weather in January are Santiago de Chile, Mumbai, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada and Cape Town. Of the 20 best destinations this month, 7 are in North Africa & Middle East and 4 in Africa.

World map of good-weather regions in mid-January: green is sunny, dry and pleasantly warm — Good-weather score in mid-January: green = sunny, dry and 22–30 °C, grey = too cold, too hot or too wet.

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Top 20 destinations for good weather in January

Averages for January across 2023–2025. Daily high = typical afternoon temperature, rainy days = days with at least 2 mm of rain.

#	Destination	Daily high	Rainy days	Cloud	Score
1	Santiago de Chile Chile	30 °C	0 of 31	10%	9.6
2	Mumbai India	29 °C	0 of 31	15%	9.5
3	Sharm El Sheikh Egypt	22 °C	0 of 31	17%	9.4
4	Hurghada Egypt	21 °C	0 of 31	17%	9.2
5	Cape Town South Africa	25 °C	0 of 31	22%	9.1
6	Perth Australia	30 °C	0 of 31	18%	8.9
7	Luang Prabang Laos	26 °C	1 of 31	25%	8.9
8	Muscat Oman	23 °C	1 of 31	23%	8.9
9	Chiang Mai Thailand	27 °C	1 of 31	22%	8.9
10	Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates	24 °C	1 of 31	28%	8.7
11	Cape Verde	23 °C	0 of 31	37%	8.7
12	Dubai United Arab Emirates	24 °C	1 of 31	28%	8.7
13	Los Cabos Mexico	24 °C	0 of 31	36%	8.7
14	Cairo Egypt	22 °C	0 of 31	34%	8.6
15	Atacama Desert Chile	23 °C	1 of 31	35%	8.6
16	Dakar Senegal	29 °C	0 of 31	42%	8.5
17	Addis Ababa Ethiopia	23 °C	1 of 31	39%	8.4
18	Montego Bay Jamaica	29 °C	3 of 31	29%	8.3
19	Rajasthan India	20 °C	1 of 31	21%	8.3
20	Marrakech Morocco	21 °C	1 of 31	35%	8.3

Best pick per region in January

Africa: Cape Town, South Africa – 25 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.1
East Asia: Hong Kong, China – 20 °C, 3 rainy days, score 6.6
Europe: Gran Canaria, Spain – 20 °C, 1 rainy days, score 8.0
Mexico, Central America & Caribbean: Los Cabos, Mexico – 24 °C, 0 rainy days, score 8.7
North Africa & Middle East: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt – 22 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.4
North America: Miami, United States – 24 °C, 4 rainy days, score 7.0
Oceania & Pacific: Perth, Australia – 30 °C, 0 rainy days, score 8.9
South America: Santiago de Chile, Chile – 30 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.6
South Asia: Mumbai, India – 29 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.5
Southeast Asia: Luang Prabang, Laos – 26 °C, 1 rainy days, score 8.9

Warm, but rainy season in January

These destinations are warm in January, but it rains often – check the details before you book.

#	Destination	Daily high	Rainy days	Cloud	Score
1	Fiji	29 °C	28 of 31	85%	0.5
2	Borneo (Kota Kinabalu) Malaysia	28 °C	28 of 31	89%	0.4
3	Cebu Philippines	28 °C	27 of 31	80%	0.7
4	Bali Indonesia	28 °C	27 of 31	91%	0.5
5	Lombok Indonesia	29 °C	26 of 31	89%	0.7
6	Darwin Australia	31 °C	25 of 31	91%	0.5
7	Manaus (Amazon) Brazil	30 °C	24 of 31	85%	0.9
8	Kuala Lumpur Malaysia	30 °C	23 of 31	94%	0.9
9	São Paulo Brazil	27 °C	22 of 31	76%	1.6
10	Singapore	28 °C	22 of 31	94%	1.0

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How this works

The values come from the ERA5 climate reanalysis of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, averaged over 2023–2025 on a 0.5° grid (about 50 km). Model data describe a whole grid cell, so coasts, mountains and cities can differ from local conditions; for coastal places a mostly-sea cell is averaged with the neighbouring land cell. More about the data and the score.