1
30.0 °C≈ 14h30 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.8/10Guide
Climate study · 10 years of data · 2026-2027
Where to go in January
Friday 1 January 2027 to Sunday 31 January 2027, 31 days.
Ranked day by day over 2016-2025 where daily records exist, otherwise on monthly averages.
Great place, wrong dates
IguazúExcellent in September (8.8/10), but 11.2 rainy days out of 31 on these dates.
Top 25 · General weather · January
636 of 686 destinations analysed match your criteria.
2
30.0 °CSea 24.9 °C · ≈ 17h45 flight
≈ 1.6 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.5/10Guide
3
28.0 °CSea 22.9 °C · ≈ 19h55 flight
≈ 3.1 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.4/10Guide
4
27.4 °C≈ 11h20 flight
Nearly dry 10 years out of 10 · 0.9 rainy days out of 31
9.3/10Guide
5
25.8 °CSea 14.2 °C · ≈ 12h10 flight
Nearly dry 9 years out of 10 · 2.3 rainy days out of 31
9.3/10Guide
6
28.0 °C≈ 5h25 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.3/10Guide
7
30.0 °C≈ 11h05 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.3/10Guide
8
27.0 °CSea 24.5 °C · ≈ 5h55 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.2/10Guide
9
29.4 °CSea 25.8 °C · ≈ 9h15 flight
Nearly dry 10 years out of 10 · 0.5 rainy days out of 31
9.2/10Guide
10
29.0 °C≈ 10h10 flight
≈ 0.9 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.2/10Guide
11
27.0 °C≈ 7h40 flight
≈ 1.2 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.1/10Guide
12
23.8 °C≈ 8h30 flight
Nearly dry 10 years out of 10 · 0.6 rainy days out of 31
9.1/10Guide
13
26.0 °C≈ 11h20 flight
≈ 0.6 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.1/10Guide
14
28.0 °C≈ 11h40 flight
≈ 1.9 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.1/10Guide
15
24.0 °C≈ 15h20 flight
≈ 3.1 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.0/10Guide
16
25.0 °CSea 22.3 °C · ≈ 11h40 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.0/10Guide
17
24.0 °C≈ 7h10 flight
Less than one rainy day out of 31 (monthly average)
9.0/10Guide
18
30.9 °C≈ 9h50 flight
Nearly dry 10 years out of 10 · 0.6 rainy days out of 31
9.0/10Guide
19
27.8 °CSea 27.6 °C · ≈ 10h30 flight
Nearly dry 7 years out of 10 · 3.5 rainy days out of 31
9.0/10Guide
20
26.0 °CSea 25.3 °C · ≈ 11h35 flight
≈ 0.9 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
9.0/10Guide
21
26.0 °C≈ 8h35 flight
≈ 2.2 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
8.9/10Guide
22
28.5 °CSea 26.5 °C · ≈ 13h50 flight
Nearly dry 4 years out of 10 · 5.9 rainy days out of 31
8.9/10Guide
23
26.0 °C≈ 11h15 flight
≈ 1.6 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
8.9/10Guide
24
28.0 °CSea 27.7 °C · ≈ 12h15 flight
≈ 4.0 rainy days out of 31 (monthly average)
8.9/10Guide
25
30.2 °C≈ 14h20 flight
Nearly dry 6 years out of 10 · 4.7 rainy days out of 31
8.9/10Guide
Nearly dry (at most 4 rainy days)5 to 8 daysMore than 8 daysOne square per year (2016 to 2025)No squares: monthly average (daily records still being collected)
Depending on your plans
The best destinations for these dates, by type of trip (departure city, flight, budget and safety taken into account).
🏖️ Beach
⛷️ Skiing
- Alpe d'Huez-8/0 °C · 8.1
- Aspen-13/0 °C · 8.1
- Courchevel-9/-1 °C · 8.1
- Crans-Montana-8/-1 °C · 8.1
- Grandvalira-7/0 °C · 8.1
🥾 Hiking
- Asmara20 °C · 0% rain · 9.5
- San Miguel de Allende22 °C · 3% rain · 9.2
- Bariloche24 °C · 10% rain · 9.1
- Portillo16 °C · 18% rain · 8.5
- Valle Nevado16 °C · 22% rain · 8.4
By region · January
The best destinations in each region for these dates (budget and safety taken into account, no flight limit).
Europe
North Africa
- Aswan22 °C · 0% rain · 8.8
- Luxor22 °C · 1% rain · 8.8
- Marsa Alam23 °C · 1% rain · 8.8
- Sharm el-Sheikh21 °C · 1% rain · 8.6
Africa and Indian Ocean
Atlantic islands
- Sal25 °C · 1% rain · 8.7
- La Gomera21 °C · 8% rain · 8.2
- Gran Canaria21 °C · 10% rain · 7.9
- Tenerife21 °C · 13% rain · 7.8
North America
- Oaxaca26 °C · 2% rain · 9.1
- Cabo San Lucas25 °C · 1% rain · 9.0
- Puerto Vallarta26 °C · 3% rain · 9.0
- Mérida28 °C · 9% rain · 8.9
Caribbean
- Trinidad28 °C · 9% rain · 8.9
- Bonaire28 °C · 19% rain · 8.6
- Cayman Islands27 °C · 17% rain · 8.6
- Grenadines26 °C · 15% rain · 8.6
South America
- Santiago30 °C · 0% rain · 9.8
- Bariloche24 °C · 10% rain · 9.0
- Buenos Aires29 °C · 19% rain · 8.9
- Mendoza30 °C · 15% rain · 8.9
Asia
- Chiang Mai27 °C · 3% rain · 9.3
- Mumbai29 °C · 2% rain · 9.2
- Mysore29 °C · 3% rain · 9.2
- Jodhpur24 °C · 2% rain · 9.1
Middle East
Oceania
- Perth30 °C · 5% rain · 9.5
- Adelaide28 °C · 10% rain · 9.4
- Melbourne27 °C · 19% rain · 8.7
- Gold Coast28 °C · 28% rain · 8.5
Best avoided · January
The least favourable destinations for these dates, out of 686 analysed (mountain resorts excluded: see the skiing ranking).
- Bergen (Norway)3 °C · 62% rain · 0.5
- Hamburg (Germany)5 °C · 57% rain · 0.5
- Bratislava (Slovakia)4 °C · 43% rain · 0.6
- Cologne (Germany)6 °C · 55% rain · 0.6
- Kanazawa (Japan)6 °C · 55% rain · 0.6
- Lofoten Islands (Norway)0 °C · 45% rain · 0.6
- Reykjavik (Iceland)2 °C · 49% rain · 0.6
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon)1 °C · 51% rain · 0.6
Other rankings
How this ranking is calculated
- BestDateWeather score (general, beach, skiing or hiking): the score of the months concerned, weighted by the number of days of your trip in each month.
- Rain: where daily records exist, your exact dates are replayed on each year from 2016 to 2025 (ERA5 reanalysis, threshold adjusted to 318 weather stations). Otherwise, the calculation uses the share of rainy days in the month.
- "Nearly dry": at most one rainy day per week of travel, on average.
Good to know
- Ten seasons is a short record: "8 years out of 10" means "most of the time", not "guaranteed".
- Flight time estimated from distance (45 min + distance at 850 km/h) for a direct flight. With a stopover, allow longer.
- Temperatures come from the ERA5 reanalysis: on small islands they can be 1 to 2 °C below coastal station readings.