Where to go in January
238 destinations genuinely in season, warmest first: typical daytime highs, budget level and the full travel window for each. Tap one for details, or let the quiz pick for your whole group.
The bars on each card are its daytime highs across the year, January to December, with January marked.
- Bissau & the Bijagós Archipelago Guinea-Bissau
- Dakar & the Petite Côte Senegal
- El Salvador's Pacific coast El Salvador
- Kerala's backwaters India
- Lagos Nigeria
- Perth & Margaret River Australia
- Rottnest Island Australia
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Cartagena Colombia - Cartagena & the coffee region Colombia
- Goa India
- Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
- Krabi & Bangkok Thailand
- Nicaragua's volcanoes and colonial towns Nicaragua
- Phnom Penh Cambodia
- Rio & Iguaçu Brazil
- San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico
- Accra & the Cape Coast Ghana
- Banjul & the Gambian coast Gambia
- Conakry & the Fouta Djallon Guinea
- Cotonou Benin
- Diani Beach & the Kenyan coast Kenya
- Douala & Mount Cameroon Cameroon
- Freetown & the Sierra Leone coast Sierra Leone
- Iguazu Falls Argentina
- Langkawi Malaysia
- Lome Togo
- Madurai India
- Monrovia & the Liberian coast Liberia
- Panama City & the canal Panama
- Pattaya & Rayong Thailand
- Phuket Thailand
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Siem Reap & Angkor Wat Cambodia - Yangon Myanmar
- Abidjan & Grand-Bassam Côte d'Ivoire
- Galle Sri Lanka
- Guayaquil & the Ecuadorian coast Ecuador
- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Lamu Kenya
- Serengeti & Zanzibar Tanzania
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
- Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
- Aruba Aruba
- Bora Bora & Moorea French Polynesia
- Chuuk Lagoon Micronesia
- Curaçao Curaçao
- Gabon – Loango National Park Gabon
- Heron Island Australia
- Malabo Equatorial Guinea
- Merida Mexico
- Mumbai India
- Mysore India
- Nauru Nauru
- Nouakchott & the Sahara Mauritania
- Penang Malaysia
- Pohnpei Micronesia
- Pune India
- Raja Ampat Indonesia
- Recife & Fernando de Noronha Brazil
- Salvador & the Bahia coast Brazil
- Singapore & Malaysia Singapore
- The Andaman Islands India
- The Marquesas Islands French Polynesia
- Bagan Myanmar
- Bonaire Bonaire
- Cebu & the Visayas Philippines
- Chennai & the Coromandel Coast India
- Chiang Mai Thailand
- Costa Rica Costa Rica
- Florianópolis Brazil
- Grenada Grenada
- Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
- Guam Guam
- Hyderabad India
- Jamaica Jamaica
- Jeddah & the Red Sea coast Saudi Arabia
- Luang Prabang Laos
- Luang Prabang & the Mekong Laos
- Martinique Martinique
- Palau Palau
- Palawan Philippines
- Pondicherry India
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
- San Juan & the Puerto Rican coast Puerto Rico
- Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
- St Lucia Saint Lucia
- The Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
- The Galápagos Ecuador
- The Maldives Maldives
- The Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
- AdvisoryTrinidad Cuba Advisory
- Vientiane Laos
- Yap Micronesia
- Antigua & Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados Barbados
- Bengaluru & Mysore India
- Byron Bay & the Gold Coast Australia
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Cape Town & the Garden Route South Africa - Copán & western Honduras Honduras
- Djibouti Djibouti
- Dominica Dominica
- Esperance Australia
- AdvisoryHavana & the Cuban coast Cuba Advisory
- Jaffna Sri Lanka
- Montevideo Uruguay
- Montevideo & Punta del Este Uruguay
- Oaxaca Mexico
- Punta Cana Dominican Republic
- Punta Cana & Samaná Dominican Republic
- Stellenbosch South Africa
- Sydney & the NSW coast Australia
- The Sunshine Coast Australia
- AdvisoryVinales Cuba Advisory
- Belize Belize
- Cabo San Lucas Mexico
- Hawai‘i – Big Island & Maui United States
- Kigali Rwanda
- Lima & the Peruvian coast Peru
- Nairobi Kenya
- Providenciales & Grace Bay Turks and Caicos
- Puerto Vallarta Mexico
- Roatán & the Bay Islands Honduras
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Tegucigalpa Honduras
- The British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
- The US Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
- Tulum Mexico
- Uganda – gorillas and the source of the Nile Uganda
- Yucatán & the Riviera Maya Mexico
- Cape Verde Cape Verde
- Chittagong Bangladesh
- Da Lat Vietnam
- Guadalajara Mexico
- Honolulu & Waikiki United States
- Kolkata India
- Miami & South Beach United States
- Muscat & the Wahiba Sands Oman
- The Big Island of Hawai‘i United States
- The Exumas Bahamas
- Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
- Antigua & Tikal Guatemala
- Antigua Guatemala Guatemala
- Bay of Islands New Zealand
- Dhaka Bangladesh
- Dubai & the desert United Arab Emirates
- Iquique Chile
- Lake Atitlan Guatemala
- Auckland New Zealand
- Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand
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Easter Island Chile - Lalibela & the Ethiopian Highlands Ethiopia
- Lord Howe Island Australia
- New Zealand – North Island New Zealand
- Pucon Chile
- Tauranga New Zealand
- The Florida Keys United States
- Udaipur India
- Waiheke Island New Zealand
- Asmara Eritrea
- Aswan & Nubia Egypt
- Bariloche Argentina
- Christchurch & Canterbury New Zealand
- Doha Qatar
- La Serena Chile
- Lake Taupo New Zealand
- Nelson & the Abel Tasman New Zealand
- San Luis Potosi Mexico
- Tasmania Australia
- AlUla Saudi Arabia
- Aqaba & the Jordanian Red Sea Jordan
- AdvisoryBahrain Bahrain Advisory
- Jaipur India
- Medellin Colombia
- New Plymouth New Zealand
- New Zealand – South Island New Zealand
- Rajasthan India
- Sharm El Sheikh & the Red Sea Egypt
- Tampa United States
- Varanasi India
- Agra India
- Dunedin & the Otago Peninsula New Zealand
- Gran Canaria Spain
- Lanzarote Spain
- Riyadh Saudi Arabia
- Tenerife Spain
- Wellington New Zealand
- Bogotá & the Colombian Andes Colombia
- Delhi & the Golden Triangle India
- Franz Josef Glacier New Zealand
- AdvisoryKuwait City Kuwait Advisory
- Palm Springs United States
- Palm Springs & Joshua Tree United States
- Quito & the Ecuadorian Andes Ecuador
- Siwa Oasis Egypt
- Stewart Island New Zealand
- The Nile & the Red Sea Egypt
- Alexandria Egypt
- Madeira Portugal
- Phoenix & the Sonoran Desert United States
- Puerto Montt & the Chilean Lake District Chile
- The Salar de Uyuni Bolivia
- Houston United States
- Lahore Pakistan
- Amritsar India
- The Chatham Islands New Zealand
- Big Bend National Park United States
- Death Valley United States
- Puerto Natales Chile
- The Falkland Islands Falkland Islands
- Patagonia Chile
- Ushuaia – the end of the world Argentina
- Andorra & the Pyrenees Andorra
- The Dolomites Italy
- Whistler & the Sea to Sky Canada
- Lake Tahoe United States
- Sofia & the Rila Mountains Bulgaria
- Denver & the Front Range United States
- Innsbruck Austria
- Niigata Japan
- Sun Valley United States
- Salzburg & the Salzkammergut lakes Austria
- Zermatt & the Bernese Oberland Switzerland
- Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra United States
- Park City & the Wasatch United States
- Telluride United States
- The High Tatras Slovakia
- Aspen & the Colorado Rockies United States
- Banff & the Canadian Rockies Canada
- Calgary Canada
- The Lofoten Islands Norway
- Hokkaidō Japan
- Sapporo Japan
- Stowe & the Green Mountains United States
- Ottawa Canada
- Finnish Lapland Finland
- Swedish Lapland Sweden
- The Yukon & the northern lights Canada
- Harbin & the Ice Festival China
Nothing in January matches all of those.
Which one would your whole group pick?
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Where should I go in January?
238 destinations are genuinely in season in January. The warmest are Bissau & the Bijagós Archipelago (34°C/93°F), Dakar & the Petite Côte (33°C/91°F), El Salvador's Pacific coast (33°C/91°F), Kerala's backwaters (33°C/91°F), Lagos (33°C/92°F).
Where is it warmest in January?
Of the destinations in season in January, Bissau & the Bijagós Archipelago is the warmest, with typical daytime highs around 34°C (93°F).



